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Mr Birling

He has had to work his way up from working class unlike his wife

He is very proud of his acheivments

Mr Birling very much so wants to be upper class and he thinks that sheila and Gerald's engagement will help him with this

he is very snobbish and attempts to intimidate the inspector by name dropping

Mr Birling is very selfish and sees his daughters engagement as just a boost of his social standing

Mr billing does not accept his responsibility for eva death

he is used to represent society at this time (patriarchal)