Mr Birling

• Arthur Birling is a heavy looking, rather portentous man
• working together – for lower costs and higher prices
• Fiddlesticks! The Germans don’t want war. Nobody wants war.
• The titanic- she sails next week’-‘Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable'
• A man has to make his own way- has to look after himself- and his family too of course.
• It has nothing whatever to do with this wretched girls suicide. Eh, Inspector?
• t’s my duty to keep labour costs down
• If you don’t come down hard on these people they’d soon be asking for the earth.
• A young unmarried girl is being dragged into this- (ACT 2)
• (angrily, to Inspector) Look here, I’m not going to have this, Inspector. You’ll apologise at once. (ACT 2)
• Is there any reason why my wife should answer questions from you. Inspector? (ACT 2)
• (said to Mr B) Public men have responsibilities as well as privileges (ACT 2)
• I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can (ACT 3)
• You! You don’t seem to care about anything. But I care. I was almost certain for a knighthood in the next Honours List (ACT 2)
• The famous younger generation who know it all. And they can’t even take a joke. (ACT 3)
• (imitating the inspector) You all helped to kill her! (pointing at Eric and Sheila and laughing) (ACT 3)