Sybil Birling

• Sybil is intransigent and remorseless
• Birling family is pious and middle class
• Mrs birling is the superior of Mr Birling
• Sybil lacks regret and she craves social validation
• Sybil is unmoved and has prejudiced views towards classes
• Sybil is a snob and she is controlling and privileged
• “A rather cold woman and her husbands superior“- she is controlling
• “Arthur your not supposed to say such things”- humbling and scolding
• “Girls of that sort”- suggest she’s irresponsible, careless and prejudice
• “it wasn’t I who had her turned out of employment“ - sybil is agitated and quick to shift the blame to others because she can’t take what she’s done
• “I did nothing I’m ashamed of“- ego is over her head
• “Youre quite wrong to suppose I shall regret what I did” -egotistic
• “Simple I’ve done nothing wrong”- stubborn and intransigent towards her actions
• ”Go and look for the father of the child, its his responsibility“ -ironic because it was her son who is the father
• “i did nothing I’m ashamed of”- Sybil is really stubborn and irresponsible
• “She only had herself to blame”- very selfish and careless connotations
• “I am not responsible for Eva Smith’s death“- sybil tries to distance herself from eva smith’s death by saying she isn’t responsible
• “she would have been better dead than alive”- shows how much she cares about her reputation
• “she only had herself to blame”, suggests she lacks empathy and careless
• “i wasn’t the one who had her turned out of employment“ - blaming others and taking responsibility off of herself
• “a rather cold woman, and her husbands superior”
• her ego is inflated
• unmoved by what’s happened
• “arthur your not to say such things”- superior and humbling
• “you’re behaving like a hysterical child today”- sybil says this to sheila, suggests she’s humbling and superior
• “i am not responsible for Eva’s death.” inflated ego and insular
• “Go and look for the father of the child, it’s his responsibility“ ironic because the father is her son and she didn’t know making herself look foolish later on
• she craves social validation
• she’s remorseless
• described like a snob