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9 Cards in this Set
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"Heavy looking rather portentous" "A hard headed practical business man" |
A physical description of Mr Birling |
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"it's exactly the same port your father gets" |
is not acustom to the upper classes drinking habits and is intimidated by the upper class |
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"Perhaps may look forward to a time when the Crofts and the Birlings are no longer competing" "the interests of our capital" |
he can benefit from the marriage as well |
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"The German don't want war" "unsinkable, absoloutely unsinkable" |
A sense of irony and Priestley making Birling look silly to the entire audience from 1945 onwards. |
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"we can't let these Bernard Shaw and H.G Wellses do all the talking " |
Birling dismisses the socialist approach to life |
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"find my way into the next honours list" |
Birling look to improve his social status with the Crofts |
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"a man has to make his own way-has to look after himself- and his family too of course" "community and all that nonsense" |
The theme of indiviuality is evident with Mr Birling and throughout the book |
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"I was alderman for two years- and Lord Mayor two years ago- and i'm still on the bench - so i know thE Brumley police officers very well" |
Birling tries to intimidate the inspector with his social status" |
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"Still i can accept any responsibility. If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we'd had anything to do with it would be very awkward" |
showing the lack of responsibility he has |
