Gender

Question 1

Not only something to make them look prettier-but-well a sort of sign or token of their self-respect

Answer 1

This shows how Mr Burling refers to women when Mr Berlin is talking to Eric and Gerald about women’s attitudes towards clothes they were he shows that this has a patronising view of woman making the suggestion that clothes are a sign of self-respect for them. He has a stereotypical view of women Here and does not see them as individuals but suggest that all women think the same 

Question 2

I hate those hard eyed faced woman

Answer 2

Gerald shows that he can be very superficial in his view or woman if I do not meet his standard of how they should look he dislikes them

Question 3

She was claiming elaborate fine feelings, and scruples that were simply absurd in a girl in her position

Answer 3

Priestly shows that even women like Mrs Birling can just be as cruel and old-fashioned as the men are she does not try empathise with a member of her own gender. This also highlights her negative attitude towards the working class.