Mr. Birling

4 ways to describe Mr Birling

“hard-headed man of business”

capitalist

greedy

archetypal businessman

self - aggrandising

analyse “heavy looking” - desc of Mr Birling

“heavy” - stable/serious - ironic bc IG disturbs “foundations of Birling household”

“heavy looking” connotes his greed and wealth

analyse “fiddlesticks” - Mr Birling

comical exclamative - naive and opinionated

causes audience to dislike his pomposity

analyse “absolutely unsinkable” - Mr Birling

“absolutely” - self aggrandising declarations

laughable in the eyes of all audiences

represents archetypal business