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This business employs several girls to work on (presumably sewing) machines. Mr Birling is also a Magistrate and was Lord Mayor of Brumley two years ago. Arthur is the husband of Sybil Birling (Mrs Birling) and father of Sheila and Eric Birling. J. B. Priestley also describes him clearly. Mr Birling is a "heavy-looking man" in his mid-50s with ...
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- Mrs Birling
Many of these quotes, similar to Mr Birling, portray Mrs...
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The audience, knowing that just two years after this speech, World War One will begin, see that Mr Birling is wrong on this point, and on many others, including his prediction that the Titanic is ...
Feb 3, 2021 · These quotes can be used in exam answers. Some of the larger quotes do not necessarily have to be quoted in full but just the relevant words or sentence which connects to the point being made. 1. Quotes: ‘Arthur Birling is a heavy looking, rather portentous man’. Analysis: These are the words that Priestley uses to describe Mr Birling.
It’s important to have a sense of the character Mr Birling as a whole, in order to have a greater understanding of the play. Arthur Birling is firmly entrenched within 1912 ante-bellum. (means before the war) English social elite. The play is set just before the outbreak of World War One and within the extravagant Birling household.
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Mr Birling represents the older, upper-class generation, who would go on to cause numerous deaths in World War One and Two. They did not care about the welfare of the lower-class, even though the lower-class men were the ones fighting the war for them. Mr Birling is head of the household and family and displays a stereotypical upper-class pre ...
Analysis. The first part of Act One is an occasion for much dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is a situation, in performance, in which the audience knows more about the characters’ predicaments than the characters do. In this case, the dramatic irony has two forms. First, the audience senses that the happiness the Birlings rejoice in will soon ...
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Summary. The Inspector enters, introducing himself as Goole. Arthur says he’s never heard of Goole before, despite being an Alderman, Lord Mayor, and “a member of the Bench.”. The Inspector states that the two have not met. Arthur offers the Inspector a drink, and he refuses, saying he is “on duty.”. The Inspector tells Arthur that a ...
