Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Mr Birling
- Position in 1912 economy
- on top of his game
- dominant male in
patriarchal society
- successful business owner
- corperate fat cat
- high up in society
- "I was an alderman for years
and Lord mayor for two years"
- "There's a fair chance I might
find my way into the next
honours list"
- personality
- patronising
- "nothing to do with you,
Shiela. Run along"
- "Just keep quiet, Eric,
and don't get excited"
- egotistical
- "There's a fair chance I
might find my way into the
next honours list"
- ignorant
- "and it doesn't seem to
me very important"
- insensitive
- "Rubbish! If you don't come down
sharply on some of these people
they'd soon be asking for the earth."
- Relationships
- Mrs Birling (wife)
- Uses his power
to her own benefit
- nags/suggests to him
- "Arthur, you're not supposed
to say such things"
- Eric (son)
- personalities contrast
- different political views, Eric -
socialist Mr Birling
conservative/traditionalist
- patronising to his son
- "Just keep quiet, Eric,
and don't get excited"
- distant relationship
- doesn't acknowledge
alcohol problem
- Eva Smith (employee)
- fired by Mr Birling
- created turmoil in his factory
- unfair pay
to women
workers
- "They wanted the rates raised so they
could average about twenty-five shillings a
week, I refused of course".
- mysteriously linked
to her death