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."
- Mr Birling is wrong so many times that it makes the audience lose trust in him
- "And i say there isn't a chance of war. The world is developing so fast that it'll make war impossible."
- Claims war will never happen and that the Titanic won't sink
- 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.
- Refuses to be involved with the Eva Smith case
- 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
- Makes old-fashioned comments about how men value women's clothes and their appearance
- Capitalist
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