Mrs Birling
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- Created on: 14-04-17 12:27
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- Mrs Birling
- Wife of Arthur Birling and the mother of Sheila and Eric Birling
- Prominent member of the Brumley Women's Charity Organisation
- Adopts a superior tone with the Inspector
- Is disgusted when she learns that Daisy Renton was Gerald's mistress but forgets about it when she thinks that a scandal has been avoided
- Uses her influence to prevent the pregnant Eva Smith from receiving help from her charity
- She thinks that Eva Smith and the father of the unborn child are to blame for Eva Smith's death, before she realises that Eric is the father
- Claims that she was the only one who 'stood up' to the Inspector's questioning
- Sanctimonious
- "She was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd in a girl of her position"
- Unabashed
- "I did nothing I'm ashamed of"
- Traditionalist
- "I think Sheila and I had better go to the drawing room and leave you men-"
- Prudish
- "It's disgusting to me" - relating to Gerald's affair
- Classist
- "Girls of that class"
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