mrs birling

• MRS BIRLING

  CLASS

  • "Girls of that class"

  links - classist, superior, selfish, cold-hearted

  • "she was claiming elaborate fine feelings"

  links - unsympathetic, judgemental, cruel, old-fashioned

  thinks eva is bad becuase she's unmarried and pregnant
• MRS BIRLING

  Age

  • "Really the things you girls pick up these days"

  links - older generation, patronising, old fashioned

  cares about Sheila but doesn't want her to make them look bad - obsession with public image and reputation
• MRS BIRLING

  Ignorance

  • "You aren't the type - you don't get drunk"

  links - carelessness, selfishness

  shows lack of time spent with her own children, no connection to her own family, doesn't even know them
• MRS BIRLING

  Lacks empathy

  • "She only had herself to blame"
  • "I did nothing I'm ashamed of"
  • "You're quite wrong to suppose I shall regret what I did"


  Arrogant

  • "He certainly didn't make me confess"
  • "I was the only one of you who didn't give into him"

  Narcissistic traits - needs to be better than own family