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Dramatic Irony In Mr. Birling's Death Of The Titanic

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“A friend of mine went over this new liner last week - the Titanic - she sails next week - forty-six thousand eight hundred tons - forty-six thousand eight hundred tons - New York in five days - and every luxury - and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.”
This shows dramatic irony considering that people in that date including Mr.Birling's family thinked that the ship was unsinkable and they thought it was the perfect and finest ship of all times because all of the luxury it had and all the money they invested in the ship. ‘a friend of mine’ adding that, Mr.Birling is showing to the younger generation (Eric and Gerald) that he has high class friends that have money to get a ticket to the newest attraction, he wants to show his popularity. “Let’s

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