| Text | ‘The Titanic – she sails next week…and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.’ Exclamatory sentence – he’s passionate and convinced about what he’s saying. Titanic symbolises his own family – believes they are untouchable until the Inspector arrives giving them a rude awakening. Priestley uses Birling as a symbol of the callous and heartlessness of capitalism. Through his character he is criticizing the complacency of capitalist prosperity. |
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