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Arthur Birling (Arthur Birling seems to be pretty pleased with himself…
Arthur Birling
Arthur Birling seems to be pretty pleased with himself
Seems very confident
Likes to be in control
‘angrily’
‘Well - if you don’t mind - I’ll find out first’
Authority is undermined
Ambitious
‘there’s a very good chance of a knighthood’
Business-minded
‘a hard-headed, practical man of business’
Selfish
‘a man has to make his own way’
Anxious
‘there’ll be a public scandal - unless we’re lucky’
He’s a successful and ambitious businessman
Hints his company could merge with a larger one
‘lower costs and higher prices’
Birling thinks he’s successful
Very optimistic about the future
‘silly little war scares’
He won’t accept responsibility for the death of Eva Smith
Finds it difficult to think about other people
‘community and all that nonsense’
‘cheap labour’
Didn’t just refuse higher wages for them
Selfish and self-centred
‘hoax’
Birling likes to be respected - he wants to be in control
A public figure in Brumley
‘give thousands’
Isn’t used to being challenged
‘a touch of impatience’
Family is falling apart
‘nasty mess’
Underneath it all, Birling is an anxious man
Desperately tries to win Croft approval
Tries to make himself seem important
Inspector threatens his middle-class values
Birling uses authoritative language to be in control
Stage directions and careful language choices
‘provincial in his speech’
Most continuous speech in the play
‘just let me finish, Eric’
Repeatedly shouts ‘rubbish’