He is also the husband of Sybil Birling and the father of Sheila and Eric Birling. ... He even feels remorseless towards Eva Smith's death calling her a 'wretched girl'. ... In act three after knowing Eric stealing the money from the accounts, Mr Birling told Eric 'You must give me a list of those accounts. ... and yet he would not pay Eva an extra few shillings. He feels no guilt and he does not realise himself being part of Eva Smith's death and he blames Eric for this. ...

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Also during the play in Act 1 when he was relating the death of Eva Smith, (Eva Smith died because she had swallowed a lot of strong disinfectant. ... Which made Arthur Birling's predictions seem foolish when Eric was talking war, Birling said, "Just because the Kaiser makes a speech or two, or a few German officers have too much to drink and begin talking nonsense, you"ll hear some people say that war's inevitable." ... Sheila Birling was being proud of her appearance when she and Eva Smith was in Millwards and she put a dress on, she said "It just didn't suit me at all I look...

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