Mrs Birling Flashcards
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Class
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‘You’re not supposed to say such things’
‘Girls of that class’
1
Q
First introduction
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‘Rather cold women’
‘Her husband’s social superior’
2
Q
Attitude towards gender
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‘When you’re married you’ll realise that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their business’
‘Leave you men’
‘Your father can decide’
3
Q
Her charity name
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‘Brumley Women’s Charity Organisation’
4
Q
Attitude towards her children
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‘He’s only a boy’
5
Q
Lack of empathy
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‘You’ve had children. You must have known what she was feeling’
6
Q
Double standard
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‘I didn’t know it was you’
7
Q
Responsibility
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‘I accept no blame’
‘I’m not ashamed’
8
Q
Attitudes towards Eva smith
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‘Girl of that sort’
‘I didn’t like her manner’
‘She only had herself to blame’
‘A girl in her position’
