Arthur Birling

• Keen to impress

  "Finchley told me it's exactly the same port your father gets from him"
• Dismissive

  "there's a let of wild talk about possible labour trouble (…) Don't worry, We've passed the worst of it"
• Dramatic Irony, creates lack of credibility

  "the Titanic(...) absolutely unsinkable"
• Dramatic irony-"Some people say that war is inevitable. And to that I say - fiddlesticks!"
• Selfish

  "..as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive, community and all that nonsense"
• Superior

  "If you don't come down sharply on some of these people, they'd soon be asking for the earth"
• Values Reputation

  "I've got to cover this up as soon as I can"
• Reputation-"there'll be public scandal"
• Reputation-"when this comes out at the inquest, it isn't going to do us much good"
• Ambitious

  "Perhaps we may look forward to the time when, Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together."
• Self-assured

  "We don't guess- we've had experience- and we know"
• Pompous

  "there's a fair chance I might find my way into the next Honours list"
• Of a different generation

  "More money to spend and time to spare than I had when I was Eric's age"
• Right wing

  "A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own"
• Uncaring

  "We were having a nice little family celebration tonight. And a nasty mess you've made of it now..."
• Speech

  "Fairly easy manner"
• Capitalist

  "Community and all that nonsense", "Working together......For lower costs and higher prices"