Eva Smith/ Daisy Renton

Question 1

Mr birling says ‘a good worker too’

Eric says ‘I don’t see why she should’ve been sacked just because she’d a bit more spirit than others’

Answer 1

• she is strong willed when organising a strike for higher wages
• she was lively, worked well and was in line for a promotion
• that same liveliness got her sacked

Question 2

Sheila says ‘caught sight of this girl smiling’

Answer 2

• she has a sense of humour
• audience empathises with Eva and we see her more as human, if Priestley never showed this side of her, she would’ve been ‘too good to be true’ and not a believable character to empathise with

Question 3

Inspector says ‘she kept a rough sort of diary…. be quiet… felt there’d never be anything as good again for her’

Answer 3

• she was emotionally sensitive
• ‘there’d never be anything as good again for her’ makes us realise how devastated she was to end her relationship with Gerald, the fact that Gerald just got back on with his life and Sheila makes the audience empathise more with sensitive Eva

Question 4

lang analysis of Daisy Renton

Answer 4

• daisy- symbolism of purity and innocence
• renton- play on the word ‘renting’, so she’s being used
• links to gerald, ‘install’
• NAME IS AN OXYMORON WHEN PLACED TOGETHER, PRIESTLEY CRITICISES CAPITALISM