Throughout the play he uses the Birlings to bring across the moral message, and his view being a socialist that people should be able to feel equal and that no class is better than the other. Priestly has indicated this well due to Birling emphasising that he can afford such luxuries, and also a maid. Edna is just one of the characters Priestly has used to show just how selfish Mr Birling is.
We find that the reader may begin to feel sympathy for Edna and also giving a disliking towards Mr Birling as he gives an appearance of being selfish, and inconsiderate of others. Entertainment from today's astounding visual effects in movies to men acting as women in Shakespearean plays some centuries ago, have always been and will always be appreciated by many. Even George B. Shaw's play Pygmalion, has given a few laughs, but not only made for engaging an audience in something fun and making money, instead to a noticeable extent for people to learn.
Priestly uses this to highlight that Birling intimidates those who he believes are a lower class to him, however him and the inspector are from the same class, although because of his surname he has more power.
Readers may gain more of a disliking towards Birling. This attitude that Mr Birling has, shows that he does not care for the working class, or the struggles they may face if not earning enough to live on. Appreciate it. Made revision much easier. Saturday, 11 March Priestley criticises the selfishness of people like the Birlings. What methods does he use to present this selfishness? Priestley criticises the selfishness of the Birling family by using a range of devices to convey his views of the class system and highlight to the reader the issues with capitalism.
Priestley uses Mrs Birling to highlight how selfish the upper class are. The excessive use of personal pronouns further conveys to the reader that Mrs Birling only cares about herself. This shows that Mrs Birling and the Birling family are oblivious to their true duties as upper class citizens and actually feel that their lives take priority over others.
This highlights to the reader how shallow the Birlings are and are unaware of how their decisions affect others. Something went wrong, please try again later. To ensure quality for our reviews, only customers who have purchased this resource can review it. Report this resource to let us know if it violates our terms and conditions. Our customer service team will review your report and will be in touch. HMBenglishresources's Shop 4. Arthur Birling is a man with some reputation in the town. He is the owner of Birling and Co.
He believes that his worker's pay is reasonable. Oblivious to the fact that his actions will have consequences, he states that he pays the normal wage for his industry.
For example, he claims war will never happen and that the Titanic is unsinkable. And I say there isn't a chance of war. The world's developing so fast that it'll make war impossible. Mr Birling refuses to take any responsibility for Eva Smith's death.
Mr Birling dismisses the idea that we should be responsible for each other, suggesting that such a situation would be 'awkward'. Eric feels socially responsible. Eric shows that he takes responsibility for his actions in the final act of the play. Examples: A heavy - looking rock. A heavy - looking machine.
Mrs Birling represents the hard-hearted capitalists of society and is symbolic of the social elite in Edwardian society and the farcical nature of its ruling class. Mrs Birling's feelings of social superiority and strength are central to a complete understanding of the play and Priestley's purpose for this play. The audience's first impression of Mrs Birling is as a powerful but unsympathetic character. Priestly presents her as 'a cold woman' as an unlikeable character through her speech, views and interactions with other characters.
Mrs Birling's power allows her to act in a patronising manner to everyone around her. Overall, the character of Mr birling is presented by Priestly in act 1 as a very pompous man who is obsessed with social status, optimistic and proud of his achievements.
0コメント