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Gerald’s attitude is genial, he is polite to the Birling parents and comes across as humble as shown by his response to Mr Birling: “I don’ t pretend to know much about it (port)”. (This humbleness is in stark contrast to the pompous and arrogant opinions of Mr Birling). Gerald’s social status contributes to his
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Share Cite. When we are introduced to Mr Birling, he comes across as a man who is quite pompous and arrogant. He is impressed by his status and the fact that he is on the cusp of furthering his ...
Concerned with reputation. Gerald understands how important the Birlings’ reputations are to them. He tells Mr Birling that he could never imagine a family like theirs being involved in any sort of scandal. Gerald seems to put a lot of effort into protecting his own reputation, status and interests. For example, pretending not to know Eva ...
Gerald is described as 'an attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town'. Mr Birling is very pleased that Gerald is getting ...
Mr. Birling is excited at the prospect of his daughter's impending marriage to the son of Lord and Lady Croft. This will mean the uniting of two great families, old money and new. The forthcoming ...
Oct 28, 2024 · Mr and Mrs Birling, and Gerald, reflect the blinkered attitudes of an older generation whose irresponsibility would have unsettled Priestley’s audience. 4. Dramatic device Creates dramatic irony: the audience realise, before the Birlings do, that each will be interrogated by the Inspector, and therefore each bears some guilt
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Arthur Birling is firmly entrenched within 1912 ante-bellum. (means before the war) English social elite. The play is set just before the outbreak of World War One and within the extravagant Birling household. Mr Birling’s dominant position within a static society (poor stay poor and rich stay.
