Mr B

Stage directions

“A heavy-looking rather portentous man in his middle fifty’s with fairly easy manners but rather provincial in his speech.“

context

Bourgeoisie (start poor and then own means of production)

married above a class

his kids are posher than him too

social climber

quotes (wrong and ignorant)

“Just because the Kaiser makes a speech or two“

“nobody wants war, except some half civilised folk in the Balkans“

“Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.“,

“You will be living in a world that’ll have forgotten all these capital vs labour agitations.“

quotes(obsession with business and knighthood)

“just a knighthood of course“

“We may look forward to the time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together - for lower costs and higher prices.“

quotes(Mr Birling’s thought duty vs his responsibility)

“A man has to make his own way“

“A man has to mind his own business“

“I refused of course“ - Eva Smith asking for higher wages

“It’s my duty to keep labour costs down”

“Your the one I blame for this“