Mr Birling Flashcards
(6 cards)
What views does mr birlings hold?
Strong capitalist views
What are the key points about mr birling?
His capitalist views create a disregard for the lower classes which show inequality
His incorrect predictions at the beginning of the play creates a sense sense of uncertainty (for the audience) about his strong views later on in the play
Only cares about his business
Good words to describe MR birling
Pompous
Self absorbed
Arrogant
Priestleys intentions about mr birling
Expoilting incorrect capitalist views and highlights the detrimental effects that having this views can do to you in the fucture (telephone and doorbell) physical man made things cut him off
Mr birlings capatlaist views make Priestley’s own views shown in a view of being correct
Quotes
‘Mixed up together like bees in a hive’
‘If you don’t come down sharply on these people, they’d soon be asking for the Earth’
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What was the purpose of mr birling
Exploit the upper class for who they really are
Makes it more important for a sense of change
