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who patronizes the Inspector and threatens him with her social connections.

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She is a very unsympathetic

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‘I don’t believe it. I won’t believe it’

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Snob Didn’t I tell you? Didn't I say I couldn't imagine a real police inspector talking like that to us

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'(with a cry) Oh – Eric – how could you?'

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‘As if a girl of that sort would refuse money.’

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Mrs Birling is being very arrogant, it is clear that she thinks that she is right "Secondly, I blame the young man" shows that she also has a very ignorant point of view. She brings class into her argument, suggesting that because 'he didn’t belong to her class' then 'that's all the more reason why he shouldn't escape'. Here she suggests that just because the boy might be from a higher class than the pregnant Eva Smith, then the pregnancy is somehow worse and that he must not be allowed to 'escape'", as if having a baby with someone of a lower class is a terrible crime. Finally, she coldly and ignorantly suggests that no one else is to blame other than the man 'If the girl's death is due to anybody, then it's due to him'. Of course, she has no idea that the baby’s father is her own son. She clearly has learned nothing from the Inspector so far.

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‘I don’t suppose for a moment that we can understand why the girl committed suicide. Girls of that class-’

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Classist Snob As if a girl of that sort would refuse money.

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"Secondly, I blame the young man who was the father of the child she was going to have. If, as she said, he didn't belong to her class, and was some drunken young idler, then that's all the more reason why he shouldn't escape. He should be made an example of. If the girl's death is due to anybody, then it's due to him."

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Thinks she is socially and morally superior

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Thinks upper class are perfect 'Well, really! Aldermand Meggarty! I must say, we are learning something tonight

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Accuses Sheila of staying for Nothing but morbid curiosity

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Her cold, uncaring nature leads to her downfall as the Inspector forces her to unknowingly condemn her own son.

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Ignorant ‘It would be much better if Sheila didn’t listen to this story at all’

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Gets rid of blame on her. 'I'll tell you what I told her. Go and look for the father of the child. It’s his responsibility.'

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cold-hearted and snobbish

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Snobbish Attitude 'If you think you can bring any pressure to bear upon me, Inspector, you’re quite mistaken. Unlike the other three, I did nothing I’m ashamed of or that won’t bear investigation.'

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privilege

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"She was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd in a girl in her position."

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Naive, Ignorant

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Mrs Birling is a very naive character. She doesn't think there is any problem in her family at all and all problems exist outside, only seeing what she wants to see. She is quite prepared to put the blame onto the father of the child because she doesn't know the father is her own son. It is only when Mrs Birling realises that her son, Eric, was the father of Eva Smith's child and her actions have resulted in the death of her own grandchild that she begins to show any signs of remorse.   The speed at which she recovers after the inspector leaves reflects her coldness and lack of conscience.

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unsympathetic character

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bossy

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controlling

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Snobbish

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higher class then mr birling

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Ignorant

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Judges them by class

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Power Hungry

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she is rude to anyone and everyone

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prejudice

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capitalist

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uncaring

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She was a social superior to her husband but her husband is more important and has more rights.

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ignorant

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ignorant

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social superior

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cold and mean

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capitalist

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snobbish

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cold hearted

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Sybil Birling is an unsympathetic woman

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Sybil doesn't change throughout the play.  She accepts no responsibility throughout due to her old fashioned views.