He is described at the start as a "heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech."
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Mr Birling is selfish. Act One quote about how croft and birling should be working towards...
"lower costs and higher prices"
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what does "lower costs and higher prices" suggest?
This shows that he has no interest in his workers, the conditions they're in or how much theyre struggling, the only thing he cares about is keeping that price he's paying them down and raising the prices of his products
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Why is he arrogant?
He makes long speeches at dinner about things that the audience would know were incorrect. For example, he claims war will never happen and that the Titanic is "unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable"
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the quote on arrogance
"And I say there isn’t a chance of war. The world's developing so fast that it'll make war impossible"
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Card 2
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Mr Birling is selfish. Act One quote about how croft and birling should be working towards...
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"lower costs and higher prices"
Card 3
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what does "lower costs and higher prices" suggest?
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