Mrs Birling

• "girls of that class"
• "I've done nothing I'm ashamed of"
• "as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money "

  • degrading phrase
  • "that sort"- tone of disdain, all working-class women the same
  • adverbial phrase "ever refuse"- highlights Eva lacks moral
• "a rather cold woman and her husband's social superior"- description
• "he ought to be dealt with very severely"
• "make sure he is compelled to confess in public his responsibility"
• "When you're married you'll realise that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their business"
• "Now Arthur, I don’t think you ought to talk business on an occasion like this."
• "she had only herself to blame"