Mr Birling

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long monologues
dramatic irony
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His language is also very dismissive when he says ‘Fiddlesticks!’ and ‘silly’ - he belittles other’s ideas.
Exclamatory sentence – he’s passionate and convinced about what he’s saying.
2 of 5
His language changes when the Inspector arrives as he speaks in short, sharp fragments and uses lots of dashes.
His language becomes more colloquial ‘y’know’ which conveys how his authority is breaking down.
3 of 5
He often uses ‘I’ which conveys his selfish attitude, however, as the play continues he switches to the inclusive pronoun ‘we’ to diminish the scale of the problem (Eva’s death) and shift blame.
He uses understatement ‘it would be very awkward wouldn’t it?’
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He uses euphemisms when referring to taboo subjects
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Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

His language is also very dismissive when he says ‘Fiddlesticks!’ and ‘silly’ - he belittles other’s ideas.

Back

Exclamatory sentence – he’s passionate and convinced about what he’s saying.

Card 3

Front

His language changes when the Inspector arrives as he speaks in short, sharp fragments and uses lots of dashes.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

He often uses ‘I’ which conveys his selfish attitude, however, as the play continues he switches to the inclusive pronoun ‘we’ to diminish the scale of the problem (Eva’s death) and shift blame.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

He uses euphemisms when referring to taboo subjects

Back

Preview of the front of card 5

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