How Does Priestly Present Birling in Act One and Two

Birding is presented as very(prenominal) smug and self-loving when hieratical uses the stage directions confidently and laughs complacently. These show Birding is non horror-stricken to show his importance and status. It also shows his arrogant spirit that emphasizes he wants to dominate the situation, yet when the inspector arrives he loses his authority. Complacently shows he thinks otherwise mickle with a trim status be stupid and unimportant. hieratic wants the auditory modality to bump Brings inflated opinion of himself and show Birding is the opposite of Priestly moral. Birding especi all(prenominal)y expresses his self- righteousness to the Inspector when he says l dont see that its any concern Of yours how I admit to run my business. This shows that Birding thinks he is higher class and more than important than the Inspector and he therefore is not worthy of an opinion. It also shows Birding does not like to be challenged so will show off to rise he is better a nd assert authority.Birding is revealed to be very stingy and subscribe no understanding of community of interests this is sh have when e says a man has to make his own way. This shows Birding is only worried near himself and his money. It also conveys his wishing of empathy towards those not as fortunate as him. Brings selfish philosophy conflicts with Priestly message about debt instrument and community which is empathetic by the doorbell. The doorbell gives the audience a clue of what the moral of the play is. Priestly uses melodramatic mockery to show that Birding is patronizing and as an archetypal capitalist Birding looks down on others.He says thatll have ergot all these capitalist versus labor agitations and all these silly little war scares. It displays that Birding thinks that Labor are just lower class people that dont bed what theyre talking about. Also Brings narcissistic attitude emphasizes his omit of empathy like how he doesnt see his employees as people but just cheap labor. Priestly uses dramatic irony to make the audience suspicious of Brings discernment and wonder what else he could be wrong about.In deed Two Birding is shown to be very arrogant when e says l protest against the way in which my daughter, a young unmarried girl is being dragged into this. This implies Birding is more caring towards Sheila than Eric. This is because Sheila is marrying a rich, respectable man that heap be bring good to Brings business whilst Eric isnt doing anything to sustain Birding make money. Unmarried girl suggests Birding feels a woman is not strong without a man by her side and sees women as something to make his life more comfortable.In cobblers last I think Priestly presented Birding in n exaggerated way that would show the audience what he thinks the world is like. Priestly is showing that he feeling the people of 1 912 needed to learn to get a community and be responsible for from apiece one other as a war and other horrors is com ing soon. He then uses dramatic irony to show that if people had seen that they are responsible for each other than a war could have been avoided. Priestly, as a model socialist, therefore wishes that in 191 2 he could have done more about helping others to realist just like the Inspector did.