even though it's Sheila's engagement everything's about him.
1 of 15
"just the kind of son-in-law I always wanted"
he wants him to be his son in law because of his social status
2 of 15
"you've brought us together"
business perspective
3 of 15
"hard- headed business man"
thinks a lot of himself
4 of 15
"marrying at a very good time... soon it'll be an even better time."
dramatic irony as the time they get married there will be war.
5 of 15
"everything to lose and nothing to gain by war"
he thinks a war won't happen as people are busy.
6 of 15
"just let me finish, Eric... I'm talking as a hard headed, practical man of business"
he doesn't listen to his kids. He shows pride in his success.
7 of 15
"The Titanic... unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable."
Dramatic irony. The Titanic is a metaphor for the family symbolically just as the Titanic is destined to sink so too is the Birling's ideology. 'absolutely unsinkable' suggests capitalist views.
8 of 15
"there'll be peace, prosperity and rapid progress"
Birling describes a fantasy world.
9 of 15
"we've had experience - and we know"
patronising, arrogant, ignorant and dramatic irony.
Comments
No comments have yet been made