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’ arthur youre not supposed to say such things
. mrs b has strong views about conversation topics, both at the dinner table and in front of company
. she scolds mr b many times for what she thinks are inappropiate comments or topics
. although she is higher status than mr b she has very little power over him becuase she is female
. this means mr b is head of the household and in charge of the family
. the rules of a patriachal society were more important than the rules of social standing
’ when your married youll realise that men with important work to do spend nearly all their time and energy on their bussiness
. mrs b highlights the gender-differences in pre-war britain, women generally had less power and place than men in society
. even upper-class women had to live by the rules of men
. mrs b highlights this by trying to teach her daughter about the expectaions for women
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’ i dont think you ought to talk bussiness on an occasion like this
. mr sb being a higher class understands pre-war etiquette very well
. she scolds her husband for talking about bussiness about the dinner table especially becuase sheila is present
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mrs b is obbseed with how others percive the family and doesnt want to risk gerlad thinking they dont know how to behave properly as this will damdge mr bs reputation
she also disapporves of mentioni g bussiness in front of shiela, it was considered inapporpiate to discuss bussiness in front of woman, who were thought to be too fragil, unitelligent and emotionally unstable to take parrt in conversations
’ you know of course that my husband was lord mayor only two years ago and that hes still a magistrate
. this highlights the influence of the upper classes
. most people would let the brilings be treated differenly and receive special treatment , both mr and mrs birling find it unacceptable that inspector goole refuses to worship or fear them
. priestly uses their attitude to show the corruption in a society that lets the social classes be treated differently and in some cases not even be included in criminal invetsigations purely because of their social class
its you and not the inspector
. shows a crack in their apparently perfect family facade
. the family members have begun to seperate, , they verbally attack one another, suggesting that their family is not perfect at all
’ she only had herself to blame’
. at no point in the play soes mrs birling accept any responsibilty for her actions
. she doesnt understand that she should think about others
. mrs birling only cares about her familys reputation, how they look to others
’ go and look fro the father of the child its his repsonsiblity
. dramtic irony, as the father is eric
. as long as this man is anonymou s, she doesnt care about what happens to her
. when she starts to realsie it could be her son , she stutters and stops talking
’ you seem to have made a great impression on this child’
. this shows she doesnt respect respect sheila as a young adult, she still thinks of her a s a child and doesnt talk like she is in the room
. she also belittles the effect the inspector had , she suggest thi simpression will be short livedand that sheila will not be permanatley affected by him
