Mr Birling quotes

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what's the quote from act one about the titanic?
"the titanic...unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable"
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what does the titanic a metaphor for?
the british class system, the titanic was segregated, and sank, like Birlings political ideology.
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what quote in act one shows mr birling accepts no responsibility and feels no remorse?
"i can't accept any responsibility, if we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody that we'd have anything to do with, it'd would be very awkward"
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what quote suggests mr birling is patronising shelia in act one?
"nothing to do with you Shelia, run along"
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what does mr birling say to mrs birling in act two which is patronising towards Shelia, that shows the generation gap?
"what's the matter with that child?"
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which quote in act 3 suggests mr birling believes money solves everything?
"look, inspector, id give thousands - yes thousands"
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in act three mine birling passes the blame onto eric, how does he do this?
"[angrily to eric] you're the one i blame for this"
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in act three mr birling shows he's worried more about publicity and himself rather than the girls dead, how does he do this?
"there will be a public scandal... unless we are lucky"
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what are mr birling polictical views?
capitalist
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in act 1 what does mr birling say about Eva and the strike?
"she'd had a lot to say - far too much - so she had to go"
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What does mr birling say about the war in act one?
"The Germans don't want war... Everything to lose and nothing to gain by war"
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