Mrs Birling Quotes Flashcards

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In the quote “ girls of that class”

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Illustrates she’s more loyal to her class than her gender when she uses the dominative noun girls shows how she looks down on women like Daisy

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In this quote “impersonally made use of our name”

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How’s she trying to justify not giving help to Daisy. We can see she wants to distance herself from working class women

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In the quote “ you might be wanting to help him instead of us”

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Shows how she criticises them from wanting to change. The pronoun us shows how she sees the inspector and working class people as outsiders.

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