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An Inspector Calls – writing about how Mrs Birling reflects the middle class generation.

Mrs Birling represents the attitudes of the rich with how she talks about Eva Smith. By this, I mean she talks down on Eva, who is meant to be the allegory for the average lower class woman, whereas Mrs Birling is an allegory for the average middle-upper class woman, and thus showing the difference with how each party handles and views things like misogyny. This is very much prevalent in the quote ‘Simply absurd in a girl in her position’, which shows that Mrs Birling both has internalised sexism, in how she said ‘girl in her position’, whereas someone who didn’t hold such narrow views would instead say ‘person’ or ‘someone’. Beyond that, the use of the word ‘absurd’ implies that Mrs Birling is almost disbelieving of this, and is so stuck-up and narcissistic that she doesn’t see the hypocrisy in talking poorly about Eva, when it’s implied that Mrs Birling’s engagement with her husband’s family was for the purpose of financial gain, which is shown through Mr Birlings ideals on ‘social superiors’ and Mrs Birling’s thoughts on Mrs Birling’s lack of emotional openness to her husband in the play. This links back to the point, where Mrs Birling’s attitudes are a representation of the early 20th century’s class divide.