Created by Mel Hughes
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Question | Answer |
GERALD: At the start, he denies that he's involved | "I don't come into this suicide business" |
GERALD: He tries to hide the fact that he knows Eva/Daisy | "We can keep it from him" |
GERALD: When he starts to talk about her death, he appears genuinely upset and goes out for a walk | "I’m rather more – upset – by this business than I probably appear to be – " |
GERALD: The Inspector isn’t as harsh on him as he is on Mr and Mrs Birling – he notes that at least Gerald . . . | "had some affection for her and made her happy for a time." |
GERALD: When he finds out the Inspector was an imposter, he goes back to his normal ways and says . . . | "Everything’s all right now Sheila." |
SHEILA: She is described at the start as . . . | "a pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with life and rather excited." |
SHEILA: Even though she seems very playful at the opening, we know that she has had suspicions about Gerald when she mentions . . . | "last summer, when you never came near me." |
SHEILA: Although she has probably never in her life before considered the conditions of the workers, she shows her compassion immediately she hears of her father's treatment of Eva Smith: | "But these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people." |
SHEILA: She is horrified by her own part in Eva's story. She feels full of guilt for her jealous actions and blames herself as | "really responsible." |
SHEILA: She is angry with her parents in Act 3 for trying to . . . | "pretend that nothing much has happened." "It frightens me the way you talk:" |
ERIC: He is described at the start as | "in his early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive." |
ERIC: Eric seems embarrassed and awkward right from the start. The first mention of him in the script is . . . | "Eric suddenly guffaws," |
ERIC: It soon becomes clear to us (although it takes his parents longer) that he is a hardened drinker. Gerald admits . . . | "I have gathered that he does drink pretty hard." |
ERIC: When he hears how his father sacked Eva Smith, he supports the worker's cause, like Sheila. | "Why shouldn't they try for higher wages?" |
ERIC: He feels guilt and frustration with himself over his relationship with the girl. | "Oh - my God! - how stupid it all is!" - horrified that his thoughtless actions had such consequences. |
ERIC: He is appalled by his parents' inability to admit their own responsibility. | "I'm ashamed of you." |
GERALD: He tells Inspector Goole that he arranged for her to live in his friend's flat | "because I was sorry for her;" |
GERALD: She became his mistress because | "She was young and pretty and warm-hearted - and intensely grateful." |
INSPECTOR: He is described on his entrance as | "... He speaks carefully, weightily, and has a disconcerting habit of looking hard at the person he addresses before actually speaking. " |
INSPECTOR: He is a figure of authority. He deals with each member of the family very firmly and several times we see him | "massively taking charge as disputes erupt between them." |
INSPECTOR: He leaves the family with the message . . . AND warns them of the (...) that will result if they do not pay attention to what he has taught them. | "We are responsible for each other" "fire and blood and anguish" |
EVA/DAISY: The Inspector, Sheila Gerald and Eric all say that she was | "pretty." |
EVA/DAISY: Gerald describes her as | "very pretty - soft brown hair and big dark eyes." |
EVA/DAISY: She came from outside Brumley: Mr Birling speaks of her being | "country-bred." |
MR BIRLING: He is described at the start as a | "heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech." |
MR BIRLING: He is aware of people who are his social superiors, which is why he shows off about the port to Gerald, | "it's exactly the same port your father gets." |
MR BIRLING: He claims the party is (...) because Sheila will be happy, and a merger with Crofts Limited will be good for his business. | "is one of the happiest nights of my life." |
MR BIRLING: He is extremely selfish: | "a man has to make his own way." |
MR BIRLING: He wants to hide the fact that Eric stole money: | "I've got to cover this up as soon as I can." |
MRS BIRLING: She is described at the start as | "about fifty, a rather cold woman and her husband's social superior." |
MRS BIRLING: is very dismissive of Eva, saying | "Girls of that class." |
MRS BIRLING: She sees Sheila and Eric still as (...) and speaks patronisingly to them. | "children" |
MRS BIRLING: She tries to deny things that she doesn't want to believe: Eric's drinking, Gerald's affair with Eva, and the fact that a working class girl would refuse money even if it was stolen, claiming | "She was giving herself ridiculous airs." |
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