Arthur Burling is the main man in the Burling family, and

seems to control it, i.e. whatever he says - goes! The play is

set in an imaginary town called Brumley, somewhere in the

Mr. Burling has a egotistical disposition towards life, and a

manner to only care for himself and family, and essentially

forget everybody else, in fact, this is exactly what he tells a

speech on at the celebration of Sheila's and Gerald's

"... a man has to look after himself - and his family too, of

which gives the understanding of the selfishness, and also

covetousness. Another example of this is when he tells a

speech about how it is the best day of his life,

"Gerald, I'm going to tell you frankly, without any pretenses,

that your engagement with Sheila means a lot to me. She'll

make you happy, and I'm sure you'll make her happy. Your

just the type of son-in-law I wanted..."

makes people think whether he wants them to get married for

Gerald and Sheila's good, or for himself, and whether it means

a lot to him sentimentally, or a lot to him in the business world.

Burling's first priority is to make money,

the pay rise, but returns by sacking one member of the

reflects on how he treats his employee's. In his factory, there

has to look "posh" and always dresses cleanly and smart, and

family's actions. We know this because Burling makes

another example of the selfishness within him.

done. Although the inspector does turn out to be a hoax, her

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Approximate Word count = 1292
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)