Mr birling is a capitalist which means he believe that you have the right to your own money and business. Arthur strongly agrees as he claims this is his
"duty"

Mr Birling:
"It's my duty to keep labour costs down"

The theme of responsibility is explored constantly in the play. Sybil hands responsibility to the father (a male) this shows us the gender role of men as they should take responsibility and look after woman. This is Mrs birl-ing refusing daisy Renton charity.

Mrs Birling:
"Go and look for the father of the child. It's his responsibility"

J.B priestly uses many examples of dratmatic irony throughout this domestic tragedy. This is dramatic irony because Arthur birling is talking about the titanic which crashed into a iceberg and sunk. This play is set in the 1940s so the characters don't know but the audience do.

Mr Birling:
"unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable"

J.B priestly uses the inspector as his mouthpiece . Inspector Goole vocal-ises Priestley's views on socialism as he critiques capitalism. He does this by using a secondary need (money) to encourage Arthur, her boss to em-pathise with Eva Smith

Inspector Goole:
"She needed not only money but advice, sympathy, friendliness...
you slammed the door in her face"
"There'll be plenty of time, when l've gone, to adjust your family relationships"

Mr birling makes a comment about Gerald say he is a man about town. This implies that he uses woman with no shame. The phrase "well-bred" tells us the he is very upper class and one of the highest at this meeting.

A note about Gerald:
'the easy, well-bred young man, about town'.

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