mrs birling character plan
- Created by: abic1
- Created on: 23-05-16 14:57
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- Mrs Birling
- Cold woman
- looks down on working class, doesn’t understand children
- husband's social superior
- Without the marriage she would have no authority
- That was clever of you
- often in denial but she isn’t ignorant. She is astute
- Briskly and self-confidently
- self satisfied, arrogant, complacent
- Affecting great surprise
- Putting on a social facade, denial
- seem to have made a great impression
- Priestley aiming his message at young generation as only they would change
- Girls of that class
- Prejudiced against working class, no empathy
- husband was Lord Mayor
- Trying to threaten or intimidate the Inspector just like her husband
- We are learning something tonight
- Missing lessons, that she should be learning
- a piece of gross impertinence
- entitled, she uses the charity as a form of power
- I did nothing I’m ashamed of
- can’t be changed, thinks it makes her better but it makes her worse
- should be made an example of
- only concerned about passing the blame, no sense of responsibility, hypocrite
- don’t believe it. I won’t believe it
- combination of the ignorance and denial Mrs Birling uses
- I didn’t know. I didn’t understand
- Excuses, passing the blame, hypocrisy
- You never even tried
- Never cared about her children, just cares about the family's appearance
- They’re overtired
- Doesn’t understand them, patronising and treats them like young children
- Cold woman
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