Eric Flashcards
“(Rather noisily all the best! She’s got a nasty temper sometimes - she’s not bad really”
Thinks it’s alright to make fun of Sheila
Speaks like he is above all else
He is drunk may be because of pressue
“I left em talking about clothes again. You’d think a girl never had any clothes before she gets married”
Girls cannot have nice things unless their man lets them.
Objectifying
Presents him as traditional and demeaning of women
Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages”
Shows how he has the capability like Sheila to change
He is different to his father but is intimidated b6 him
Encapsulated the effect of older generation on the youth
You haven’t made it any easier for me have you mother
Reinforces the damaging effect of the selfish actions of the elder generations on other people and their descendants
“(Nearly at breaking point) then - you killed her. She came to you to protect me - and you turned her away”
Repeated use of dashes shows h8s sincere remorse and hurt presenting him as caring and taking responsibility if if it is a bit late.
But also placing blame on others like his family showing that although he is changing her hasn’t change yet
This girls still dead isn’t she? Nobody’s brought her back t9 life have they?
Shows how he feels they need to take responsibility even if the inspector wasn’t real as they still made those bad choices. Shows him going towards priestley’s views.
The moneys not the important thing. It’s what happened to the g8l and what we all did to her.
Collective pronoin we shows how he is wanting social responsibility in his family and doesn’t care about the money. Priestley believes this as he feels the upper classes have to make sacrifices and use their power to help brodge the class gaps
