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Mrs Birling (KEY QUOTES; CLASS DIVIDE ("A girl of that short would…

- - - - "Girls of that class-" also shows this|Act one
  - - - Reader starts to see that she thinks all lower class citizens are liars and criminals (like she thinks Eva is).
- - - - Her relationship with him is not on a personal level- suggesting to the reader that she is untrustworthy
  - - - This contrasts her husband he thinks it is acceptable
  - - - The reader feels sympathy towards Eric as his own mother is refusing to help him with his situation.
- - - - She works for a charity but not out of compassion- she wants to look good
    - - She is a social climber
        
        Like her husband the reader can expect her to be an interesting character to follow
- - - - She quickly joins in the cover up and arrogantly declares she was the ‘only one who didn’t give into’ the Inspector.
        
        She is perhaps the most unsympathetic and uncharitable character in the play.
        
        Sense of irony to reader as she works for a charity