Mrs Birling Flashcards

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“a rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior.”

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Married a factory owner rather than someone of her own class.

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Regards the Inspectors investigation as “impertinence”

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Very aware of her position in society.

Snob and ignorant.

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“a girl of that class”

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Lack of understanding of the nature of people.

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“She was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd in a girl in her position.”

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She assumes that just because Eva is unmarried and pregnant that she is unable to have ‘fine feelings’, a very cruel and cold opinion to have.

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