Mrs Birling

• how is Mrs Birling described in Act 1 ?

  " a rather cold woman and her husbands social superior "
• how is Mrs Birling seen as Mr Birlings social superior ?

  she tells him " you're not supposed to say such things "
• what does Mrs Birling tell Shiela about marriage ?

  " you'll realise that men with important work spend all their time and energy on their business , you'll have to get used to it just as i did "
• what kind of cases does Mrs Birling only help?

  " deserving cases " as she is a " prominent member "
• what does Mrs Birling call Eva?

  " gross impertinence " and frequent uses the pronoun " she " rather than her name
• was Mrs Birling ever regretful ?

  no she believed that " i was justified " and " i accept no blame for it "
• what is ironic about Eric Being the father of Evas baby?


  Mrs Birling says " go and look for the father , its his responsibility " and that " secondly , i blame the young man " due to him "
• how does Mrs Birling enter ?

  " Briskly and self - confidently "
• how does Mrs B address Sheila?

  " this child "
• how does Mrs B react to the photo shown by the Inspector?

  she " looks hard " then says she " doesnt recognise "
• how does Mrs B react to The Inspector telling her about Erics drinking problem ?

  " no " he doesnt drink " hes just a boy "
• how does Mrs B react after the inspector leaves?

  " Mrs Birling collapses "
• " i was the only one who didnt give into him ( Inspector ) "
• After believing that the Inspector wasn't a real inspector what does Mrs B say?

  " he never looked like a police officer "