Mrs Birling- An Inspector Calls
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- Created on: 03-04-17 19:05
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- Mrs Birling
- responsibility
- "I don't think we can help you much"
- instantly Mrs B defends her and her family before she understands the scene.
- "Go and look for the father of the child"
- blames the father (Eric) for Eva's death.
- She refuses to take any responsibility
- "I think she only had herself to blame"
- "I accept no blame at all"
- "I don't think we can help you much"
- high-handed
- as she inherited wealth unlike her husband she feels as though she is better.
- "a rather cold woman and her husband's superior"
- "Arthur, you're not supposed to say such things"
- "That...is a trifle impertinent, Inspector"
- Addresses the Inspector whilst believing she is above the law.
- "I beg your pardon!"
- not used to being talked to in this manner by someone of a lower class.
- "you have no power to make me change my mind"
- "the rude way he spoke to Mr Birling and me"
- thinks she is above him- realises he isn't a real inspector.
- as she inherited wealth unlike her husband she feels as though she is better.
- treatment of children
- "Really the things you girls pick up these days"
- "you seem to have made a great impression on this child"
- she is disrespectful whilst calling Sheila a child.
- "He's only a boy"
- trying to reduce Eric to a mere boy to prevent him from believing he's an alcoholic.
- "please be quiet, Sheila"
- Capitalist views
- "Girls of that class-"
- she has a negative view of the working classes.
- "you know of course that my husband was Lord Mayor"
- believes because she is in the upper class she shouldn't be involved in these cases.
- "she was claiming elaborate fine feelings...thatwere simply absurd in a girl in her position"
- bigoted towards the working class.
- "Girls of that class-"
- Patriachal society
- she turns a blind eye to Mr B's absences
- You'll have to get used to that, just as I had"
- "men...have to spend all their time and energy on their business"
- "Sheila and I had better go into the drawing-room"
- follows traditions
- she turns a blind eye to Mr B's absences
- naive
- "women of the town?"
- she is shocked about the hypocrisy.
- "you must know this isn't true"
- desperately asks Gerald if Eric does have a drinking problem.
- "we are learning something tonight"
- refers to Meggarty but also to her family.
- "he's compelled to confess in public his responsibility"
- fails to recognise that it is Eric.
- "women of the town?"
- responsibility
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