Inspector Calls: Mr Birling


	Personality	Role
	An arrogant man with capitalist views. Selfish man who only cares himself and his family. Proud of his achievements in life. Pompous: he tries to use his achievements to bribe the inspector. Irresponsible yet determined to protect his reputation.	His purpose is to be ironic. His character removes the expectation in those times that older people should be respected as they are more experienced and tell the truth. However he claims that the Titanic is "unsinkable" and that World War would not occur even though we now know it did. He started the chain of awful things that happened to Eva/Daisy by firing her from his factory after she started a strike for higher wages.
	Development (Growth & change)	Other information
	Throughout the play Mr Birling does not change much through the play. He remains the same arrogant man he was at the beginning of the play and is not changed after hearing how he affected Eva/Daisy. He realises in the middle of the play that he may not receive a knighthood and is slightly saddened by this. When he finds that the Inspector was not real he is overjoyed and again does not care.	'heavy-looking, rather portentous man' 'I speak as a hard-headed business man' 'The Germans don't want war' 'I say there isn't a chance of war' 'You've a lot to learn yet' (about Eric) 'Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable' 'Lower costs and higher prices'

His purpose is to be ironic.
His character removes the expectation in those times that older people should be respected as they are more experienced and tell the truth.
However he claims that the Titanic is "unsinkable" and that World War would not occur even though we now know it did.
He started the chain of awful things that happened to Eva/Daisy by firing her from his factory after she started a strike for higher wages.

Throughout the play Mr Birling does not change much through the play.
He remains the same arrogant man he was at the beginning of the play and is not changed after hearing how he affected Eva/Daisy.
He realises in the middle of the play that he may not receive a knighthood and is slightly saddened by this.
When he finds that the Inspector was not real he is overjoyed and again does not care.

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