mrs birling

• ‘what an expression Sheila, really the things you girls pick up these days’ (Act 1)

  • Mrs Birlings response to ‘you’re squiffy‘ , ignoring what she is saying, only concerned about social appearance
• ‘when you’re married, you’ll realise that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend all their time and energy on their business’

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  • Becomes clear that Mr Birling doesn’t spend much time with Mrs Birling, which she has accepted and is warning Sheila for the same treatment from Gerald
• ‘Arthur, you’re not supposed to say such things-‘

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  • Mrs Birling nags her husband and tries to keep him on the right track