Mr Birling

Question	Answer
Business	Lower costs and higher prices - He believers it is his duty, showing lust for wealth
Class/status	I play golf with him - He tries to use it to dominate people
Children	Nothing to do with you Sheila run along - Shows how he is very patronizing towards his children
Dress/clothes	Token of self-respect - Shows sexism how girls are objects
Drinking	You ought to like this port - He uses it as an excuse to bump up his class and status
Government	Good chance of knighthood - He also represents capitalism
Love	(Gentler) go on Sybil - shows how he loves his wife
Men	A lot of young men.. - connotes that Gerald actions are normal and he has done the same
Money	Belonging to a prosperous manufacturer - He is very wealthy
Property	SOLID furniture - shows he has a nice house and his furniture foreshadows the inspector
Self image	I'm a public man, I was lord mayor' - showing how he values himself very highly
Smoking	I like a good cigar - Enjoys it, because hes from the working class?
Strikes	We've passed the worst of it - He is ignorant
War	Everything to loose and nothing to gain from war - Setting himself up
Work	Duty to keep labour costs down - sees it as his duty
Responsibility	Theirs every excuse for what me and your mother did

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	Created by Reuben Veysey-Smith over 9 years ago