What do you think of the way Mrs. Birling speaks and behaves here? Give reasons for what you say, and remember to support your answer with words and phrases from the extract.
I think that Mrs Berling doesn’t want to accept any responsibility of killing the girl. Even thought the inspector tells her that the girl is pregnant she won’t accept the blame.
Mrs Berling seems to be a stubborn character as she doesn’t want to any responsibility of the girl’s death. She even seems to want to push the blame on Arthur Berling for firing her in the first place.”I did nothing I’m ashamed of” this shows that she is more content on her pride than anything else. Mrs Berling seems to be aware of her power and status as she used her “influence” to have the girl removed. She also doesn’t want the inspector to investigate her and when he does she says “you have no power to make me change my mind”, this suggest that she thinks she is more powerful than the inspector. When Sheila and Mr Berling comment on her behaviour she seems to try to push the focus back on Arthur “it wasn’t I who had her turned out of her employment” this suggest that she is stubborn and is not ready to accept the blame
