DEDUCING DIRECTIONS TASK 2

CHARACTERS
Read the stage directions at the start of the play then
complete the table with what you can deduce about the
characters. The first has been done for you.

character Stage directions I deduce that…

Mr Birling ‘A prosperous manufacturer…a
heavy looking, rather portentous
man’
Mrs. Birling ‘A rather cold woman and her
husband’s social superior’
Mr Birling is an overweight, rich
industrialist – the stereotypical image
of a ‘fat cat’. The word ‘portentous’
suggests that he is pompous. He is
not presented as a likeable character.

Sheila

Eric

Gerald