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Goole. G- double O-L-E - ✔✔INSPECTOR
Supernatural.
Sounds like 'ghoul' or ghost - is the inspector a spectre?
Public men have responsibilities as well as privileges - ✔✔INSPECTOR
Responsibility
Inspector tells Mr Birling that he can't just take. He tells him that he has to take care of
people, not just himself and his family.
I haven't much time - ✔✔INSPECTOR
Time
Does the Inspector control time? Has he come back from the future?
I speak as a hard-headed businessman - ✔✔MR BIRLING
Money - Power - Materialistic (cares about things not people / passions)
Mr Birling believes his advice and opinion should be taken on everything because he
owns a business. He is very proud to be a capitalist (money maker) and wealthy.
The Titanic... unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable - ✔✔MR BIRLING
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, Lack of awareness
Sets up dramatic irony: Priestley shows the audience how wrong Mr Birling is. If he's
wrong about The Titanic, he's wrong about everything else (like looking after only
yourself, Socialism and taking care of poorer people).
A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own. - ✔✔MR
BIRLING
Responsibility
Mr B says we only have to look after our family and friends - but nobody else. This is
exactly the opposite of what the Inspector says about looking after everyone.
If you don't come down hard on these people, they'll soon be asking for the earth. -
✔✔MR BIRLING
Class - Money
Mr Birling talks about working class as "these people" like they're different to and less
than him.
He also misses the point that these people have nothing and Eva was only asking for a
little extra money.
a fair chance I might find my way into the next Honours List. - ✔✔MR BIRLING
Class - Money - Power
Mr Birling is expecting to be made a knight or a sir. It shows that he is powerful.
However, it also shows that he is worried about his status and knows he's 'below' Lord
& Lady Croft.
public scandal - ✔✔MR BIRLING
Money - Power - Class
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