Mr. Birling

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4 ways to describe Mr Birling

“hard-headed man of business”

capitalist

greedy

archetypal businessman

self - aggrandising

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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

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analyse “fiddlesticks” - Mr Birling

comical exclamative - naive and opinionated

causes audience to dislike his pomposity

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analyse “absolutely unsinkable” - Mr Birling

“absolutely” - self aggrandising declarations

laughable in the eyes of all audiences

represents archetypal business

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