Mrs Birling

At the start, Mrs Birling is a wealthy, cold and judgemental upper-class woman
she looks down on Eva Smith and the working class
She claims she barely remembers Eva, showing lack of care
She refuses to help Eva when she comes to her charity for support
She blames the father of Eva’s child instead of taking responsibility
She remains confident and stubborn, even when being questioned by the Inspector
She doesn’t change and is more concerned about reputation than guilt

“girls of that class” - she is snobbish and looks down on the working class; shows prejudice
“I did nothing that I’m ashamed of” - refuses to accept responsibility; shows lack of guilt
“she only had herself to blame” - she blames Eva instead of helping her; shows cruelty and selfishness
“as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!”- assumes poor people are immoral; shows ignorance and class bias
“I used my influence to have it refused” - she is proud of denying Eva help; shows abuse of power”
“he should be made an example of” - dramatic irony as she is unknowingly talking about her own son; shows hypocrisy