Quotes - Mr Birling Flashcards
(3 cards)
1
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Three quotes about Mr Birling at start
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‘unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’
‘I’m talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business’
‘as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense’
2
Q
Three quotes about Mr Birling in middle
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‘Well it’s my duty to keep labour costs down.’
‘She had to go’
‘Perhaps I ought to warn you that he’s an old friend of mine, and that I see him fairly frequently.’
3
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Two quotes about Mr Birling at end
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‘All right. Go on.’
‘Now look at the pair of them - the famous younger generation who know it all. And they can’t even take a joke-‘
