Mr Birling Quotes + Analysis AIC

‘Im talking as a hard headed, practical man of business’

‘That a man has to mind his own business, and look after himself and his own’

Priestly is deliberately using the language of the Labour Party manifesto (election 1945), to turn it into a drama his audience can relate to. It’s a call for people during 1945 to vote for labour. Also, it is an illusion of the language of Sir Stanley Baldwin (prime minister 3 times from 1912 to 1939, accused them as profiting from the war (capitalism). Mr Birling is a construct and represents capitalism (microcosm) Mr Birling treats Sheilas marriage as a business. Hypocritical as he talks about looking after his ‘own’, which initially is his family, but really is his property as he directly links Sheila to business in this patriarchal society.

As if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive- community and all that nonsense

reinforces mr birlings sanctimonious nature as he is presenting his ideas of socialism and society as a fact

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