An Inspector Calls

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  • Arthur Birling
    • Capitalist
      • A businessmanwho's main concern is making money
      • He uses his daughter's engagement as a chance to form an alliance between two businesses so he can get greater profits.
        • "We may look forward to the time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together - for lower costs and higher prices"
      • He does not consider the impact 'higher prices' will have on other people, only thinks about himself
    • Arrogant
      • Claims war will never happen and that the Titanic won't sink
        • Mr Birling is wrong so many times that it makes the audience lose trust in him
          • We know he is wrong because the book is set before these events but was written in 1945 after them.
        • "The titanic is unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable."
      • "And i say there isn't a chance of war. The world is developing so fast that it'll make war impossible."
    • Selfish
      • Refuses to be involved with the Eva Smith case
        • More worried about his social status than Eva. Selfish as he worries more about how he is seen in society.
    • Patronising towards women
      • Makes old-fashioned comments about how men value women's clothes and their appearance
        • "Something to make 'em look prettier."
      • Objectifies women

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