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AN INSPECTOR CALLS - MR BIRLING - Coggle Diagram
AN INSPECTOR CALLS - MR BIRLING
PRIESTLY'S USE OF MR BIRLING
PRIESTLY shows that birling is an idiot and has no real interpretation of the real world, through he lines of the Germans don't ant war and the titanic is unsinkable
BIRLING is presented as a sterotypical capitilist of a middle age, middle class amn of the time period. he wanst to prrotect the family. he belives that th socialis views on the community create stress and is complete nonsense and the capitilistic view that " a man has to make his own way"
he is optimistic for the future and confident for there to be no war.
at the end of the play mr birling oesnt understand the lesson that was told, but is more focused
SOCIAL STANDING WITHIN
THE FAMILY
TREATS ERIC AND SHELIA LIKE SMALL CHILDREN SAYING " ITS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU SHELIA " WHILE SHOWING NO CONCERN FOR EVA SMITH
HE BECOMES ABUSIVE AT ERIC WHEN HE DISCOVERS ERIC HAD STOLEN £50 FROM THE OFFICE. AND NOW HAS NO CONCERN OVER EVA. BUT HAS CONCERN OVER THE HIS SON BEING IN A RELATION
HE BLAMES ERIC OTHER THAN ANY OTHER CHARACTER
WIDER SOCIETY
INSPECTORS INTERRIGATION/ EVA SMITH
HE WANTS TO PROTECT BIRLING AND CO. HE CANNOT SEE WHEN HE DOES UNJUST
HE CANNOT IDENTIFY HIS MISTAKES. HE CANNOT SEE WHERE HE WENT WRONG
HE HAS NO COMPASSION FOR EVA SMITH. HE DESCRIBES HER AS A WRETCHED GIRL
TRIES TO INTIMIDATE THE INSPECTOR BY SAYING HE IS ON THE BENCH,HE WAS LORD MAYOR TWICE, HE KNOWS THE CHIEF COLONEL ROBERTS
HE IS INTERESTED IN GETTING RID OF THE INSPECTOR AND TO COVER UP THE SCANDAL
HE WANTS TO PROTECT HIS REPUTATION. HIS SELFISHNESS TAKES OVER
HE, IS VERY MUCH LIKE HIS WIFE, DOESN'T LEARN ANY LESSONS FROM THE INSPECTORS VISIT. BUT WHEN THE REAL INSPECTOR COMES ALONG HE PAYS THE DAMAGE
APPEARANCE AND PERSONALITY
HE IS ARROGANT AND SELF IMPORTANT , AS HE IS CONSTANTLY AWARE OF HIS SOCIAL STANDINGS HE HAS VERY STRONG AND TYPICAL CAPITALISTIC VIEWS
FIRST IMPRESSION OF HIM IS VERY FULL OF HIMSELF. HE IS A RATHER PORTENTOUS MAN IN HIS MIDDLE FIFTIES BUT PROVINCIAL IN HIS SPEECH.
HE IS VERY HAPPY WITH SHEILA'S ENGAGEMENT WITH GEREALD SIMPLY BECUASE OF CROFTS LIMITED AND BIRLING AND CO CAN MERGE
HE WORKS HIS WAY UP THE LADDER OF LIFE AND LOOKS AT WHAT HE HAS ACHIEVED AND NOT WHAT HAS BEEN A FAILURE IN HIS BUSINESS . HE TRUES TO INTIMIDATE THE INSPECTOR WITH IS UPPER CLASS FRIENDS AND WORKERS BUT TH INSPECTOR IS NOT PHASED
SELFISH
RUINS THE ENAGEMENT BY TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS INTERESTS
I SPEAK AS A HARD HEADED BUSINESS MAN
USED TO MAKE BIG DECISIONS WITH OUT ANY GUIDANCE OR SUPPORT NO OTHER INTERPRETATIONS
RESPONSIBILITY
DOESNT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBLITY
NO GUILT
THERES EVERY EXCUSE FOR WHAT YOUR MOTHER AND I DID
SHE HAD A LOT TO SAY- FAR TOO MUCH- SHE HAD TO GO
CONTEXT
DRAMATIC IRONY
THE INTERESTS OF THE CAPITAL ARE PROPERLY PROTECTED
YOU WILL HEAR SOME PEOPLE SAY WAR IS INEVITABLE AND TO THAT I SAY FIDDLESTICKS
PRIESTLY USED DRAMATIC IRONY MAINLY AROUND MR BIRLING
MR BIRLING IS ADAMENT THAT THESE THINGS WILL NOT HAPPEN EVEN THOUGH THEY DO. EXAMPLE; THE TITANIC IS UNSINKABLE, GERMANS WONT GO TO WAR
PATHETIC FALLACY
INSEPCTOR MAKES HIM OUT TO BE GREEDY
I MIGHT FIND MYSELF TO GET ONTO NEXT YEARS HONOURS LIST
HARDLY CARES ABOUT HIS EMPLOYEES
CHEAP LABOUR, ASK YOUR FATHER