Mr birling

• conservative

  when referring to the socialist idea he has ' community and all that nonsense'
• narcissistic

  Mr birling makes it clear to the family that he is a 'hard headed business man', he also does not listen to others.
• rapacious

  Mr birling is concerned about money 'lower cost and higher prices'
• brazen

  Discusses his unwillingness to accept responsibility for sacking Eva ' i cant accept any responsibility'
• obstinate

  Mr birling has not yet learnt a lesson from the inspectors visit- sheila points this out in the quote 'The point is that you don't seem to have learnt anything'.
• static

  Mr birling feels he is not responsible at the beginning of the play and this remains his mindset and does not change throughout.
• Avaricious

  when speaking at his daughter's engagement party he demonstrates his love for money by mentioning how the uniting of the families will bring Croft Limited and BIrling company together which will therefore make him richer.