Mrs.B Flashcards
Mrs B has power
(Rising. The others rise)
- suggests she has authority and is a leader eithin the birling family, and everyone knows it
‘Now stop it you two’
- has the final say
‘Her husbands social superior’
(To sheila) ‘ You’re behaving like a hysterical child tonight’
Mrs. B is unwilling to admit wrongdoings or accept responsiblity
‘Mrs. Birling does not reply’
‘She only had herself to blame’
‘I did nothing I’m ashamed of’
- sees herself as superior, very cold and unregretful
‘Go and look for the father of the child. Its his responsibility’
‘She was claiming elaborate fine feelings’ - suggests that she was making it all up
Unwilling to be associated with lower class
‘Gross impertinence’
- doesn’t want to be associated with eva when she calls herself mrs.birling
Tries to seem like she was the one who realised inspector was a fake
‘I felt it all the time’
