mrs birling Flashcards
conventional view
symbolises the uncaring nature of capitalism -but I accept no blame for it all use this to symbolise the lack of empathy that capitalist women have on the socially inferior Classe
symbolises the deadly sin pride -morality play example on whatt not to do
symbolises class prejudice -girls of that class -social superior to her husband attaching the upper classes that have been round for centuries
inspector putting her last could symbolise that she is the one at fault
sybil birling the name
the adult in 1945educated in the classics -named after the greek myth of the sybils -famous for there gift of prophecy -this is ironic because sybil birling is blind to the truth she refuses to see it deliberately make s her self blind named ironcly
emphasise her bad choices
proof -she knows nothing of Erics alcohol addiction
totally unaware of old meggarties attack on women
no idea Eric was in a relationship with Eva or that he got her preganant
she is wilfully blind not to alter her prejudice world view
quotation to support sybil
I don’t believe it I won’t believe it -when she is confronted with the truth she refuses to believe it
she also exhibits this blindness by expecting Shiela to turn a blind eye to Geralds infidelity -just as I had -profound point that women are made to accept the injustice of men in society also a victim of that society
patiracle society has taught her to tern a blind eye her views were produced from a sexist particle society forced her to put aside the truth to live a happy life attacking on what society has done to sybil birling
is sybil the most to blame
since sybil is the las character of Evas encounter she is usually the one to blame for eves death how ever I think this is the opposite of what preicly intended t
the two characters most to blame are Eric and Gerard as there sexual exploitation tied her over the edge made her fall in love with him then rejected her abused her and goth er pregnant then made her fill like a criminal because she gad to rely on stolen money utterly degraded
the welfare state
sybil is test till last as she represents the last resort the safety net that society that society should provide to the poor represent what the well fare state could be
in 1912 and between the wars the welfare was often left to the charities this is what priestly want to change
even if sybil birling was a nice human being it wouldn’t be enough would not cgarantee the welfare of everyone
why should we believe Eva
docent show mrs birling as corrupted
he is dessmisive and prejudice of even and girls of that class but actually most women incharged of this charity would be suspicious of Eva
Eva begins by lying about her name as birling that is fraud to gain money why should sybil birling give charity to Eva when she has begun by trying to commit fraud
more lies
lies about the father of the child saying he left her after marriage
id refused to believe her original story -that she was a married women who had been deserted by her husband I didn’t see any reason why one story should be any truer than another in sigils shoes this is quit a reasonable propersition there rue story sound like lies any reason bye person would have to question them
sybils purpose
well fare state needs to be created urgently no matter how nice and kind the charity workers may be say most like act like sybil birling very critacle of her but
conclusion
this doesn’t excuse sybil but priestly point out that it is not the of the welfare states make moral judgements help people who are poor even if there poverty is. their own fault
next he comend sybil because she refuses to feel any guilt even though her action lead to the death of her own grandchild altimeter prejudice
