Mr Birling

• In a good theatrical production, everything down to the smallest detail is significant
• The use of port in the play is significant due to its association with wealth and society
• Mr. Birling is portrayed as someone who wishes to show off and impress others
• Mr. Birling is speaking to his social superior when interacting with Gerald, the son of upper-class Lord and Lady Croft
• Mr. Birling is presented as a flawed, misled, and pompous man by Priestley
• Mr. Birling's priorities are focused on wealth accumulation rather than people or family
• Mr. Birling represents the ideology of capitalism, where business is privately owned for profit
• Mr. Birling's capitalist agenda contributes to Eva Smith's death
• Mr. Birling's viewpoints are directly contrasted by Inspector Goole's socialist message
• Dramatic irony is used extensively to criticize Mr. Birling's character
• Mr. Birling's incorrect predictions about war, economic growth, and the Titanic devalue his opinions on other matters
• Mr. Birling fails to accept responsibility for Eva Smith's death and lacks social responsibility
• The younger generation in the Birling family is more open to new socialist ideas compared to the older generation