Mrs Birling

• Privileged

  'Edna'll go. I asked her to wait up to make us some tea.
• Dismissive and self-absorbed

  'She seemed not a good case-''I consider I did my duty.
• Remorseless, lacks empathy

  'I'll tell you what I told her. Go and find the father of the child.
• Superior and unaware

  'As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money.' 'Girls of that class-
• unmoved and lacking regret

  'You're quite wrong to suppose that I shall regret what I did.
• ignorant and unaware

  '[when told Eric is drunk] (staggered) It is'nt true [...] You aren't the type - you don't get drunk.
• arrogant, rude and unsympathetic


  'I was the only one of you who didn't give in to him.