character summary

Mr Birling 

• Head of the Birling family 
• wealthy businessman- by being ' hard-headed' 
• thinks he might be getting a knighthood 
• He's self conscious about being from a more working- class background- his wife is his 'social- superior'
• He's materialistic & possessive 
• has old fashioned views about women 
• He's shaken by the investigation & shocked by the behaviour of his son 
• He doesn't learn any lessons throughout the…