Arthur Birling
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- Created on: 05-05-16 16:45
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- Arthur Birling
- "Heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech"
- Used to show how the upper class frowned upon people below them
- Used to show evil side of money and capitalism
- Priestley's dislike of Capitalism due to lack of care in society for the poor
- Worked his way up the social ladder and is proud of his achievements
- Character demonstrates dramatic irony
- He is wrong about the war and the "Unsinkable" Titanic
- Shows that his views can't be trusted so the audience dismiss all that he says
- "A man has to mind his own business"
- Not a quidnunc (a person who interferes in others affairs)
- Has no effect on anyone's lives - so he believes
- No sense of social responsibilty
- Naive to the fact that he could have anything to do with Eva's death
- "The famous younger generation who know it all"
- Considers himself to be superior
- At the end, he acts like a child and immature as he fails to learn the lesson
- Will be "taught" the lesson "in fire, blood and anguish"
- Missed his chance so will learn in hell - his punishment
- Will be "taught" the lesson "in fire, blood and anguish"
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