Arthur B

Question 1

What quote shows Mr birling as ridiculed and satirised?

Answer 1

“Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”

Question 2

What does unsinkable absolutely unsinkable mean to the audience?

Answer 2

1. Dramatic irony, 1945 audience know titanic sank in 1912.
   Priestly ridicules and Satirises capitalism from the offset .
2. Birling is a microcosm for capitalism, implying that all capitalists are ignorant and bigot, proving that socialism is a better alternative to society.
3. Sibilance, foreshadows how mr birling slowly disintegrates in his position of power. He will metaphorically “sink” like the Titanic did.