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how is mrs birling unlikeable - Coggle Diagram
how is mrs birling unlikeable
description
rather cold woman
social superior
about 50
from a wealthy family
snobbish
born in victorian times
all about appearances and class
conservative
not open to change
"normaity"
married beneath her class
could be bitter
could she have done better than birling
superior to briling but she is female
conflicted
interactions with other characters
sheila and eric
se shees them both still as children, and needing her constant guidance and counsel, she will probably show her dominance
theme of age, she feels superior to her children
eva and daisy
automatic assumption that because she is unmarried and pregnant , she must be irresponsible
insensitive
the inspector
she doesn not see the trap the inspector sets for her, dramatic irony
are older people really superior
presents mrs birling as stupid to show higher class people as uneducated, shows middle class and upper class snobbery
role in the play
used to show middle class and upper class snobbery and ignorance
by eric being shown as irresponsible mrs birling is clearly being exposed by the inspector as a failure because capitalism is a failure
three key themes
age
inflexible, stuck in her way, different generation
social class
irresponsibility of the upper class, she is one of the social superiors
responsibility
irresponsible, runs a charity but doesnt look after others, jugemented, she doesn't accept responsibility for what she did