Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Mr Birling
- He bosses people around!
- He is proud of his achievements
- He boasts about being mayor.
- He is extremely selfish
- He is unable to admit his responsibility about Eva's death
- He is proud of his achievements
- He likes to show off
- He is extremely selfish
- He is optimistic
- He is unable to admit his responsibility for his part in Eva's death
- ...but his predictions are wrong! Makes the audience doubt Birling
- Heavy looking rather portentous man
- His fat is a symbol of his greed!
- Birling is a CAPITALIST
- He doesn't believe in sharing wealth. Its every man for himself
- He has a reputation
- He is worried about how the press will view the story in act 2
- He try's to impress the inspector
- 'Your engagement to Sheila means a tremendous lot to me'
- He wants to merge his business with the Crofts, making them even richer