Eva Smith+ Edna

Question 1

What could minimal stage presence of Edna suggest

Answer 1

She’s a reminder of the presence of lower class

Question 2

Inspector speech

Eva smith represents lower class

Answer 2

‘There are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths’

Question 3

Eva was lonely
Upper class view themselves as important

Answer 3

‘I became at once the most important person in her life’

Question 4

Dismissed

Answer 4

‘I couldn’t remember her name or where she lived’

Question 5

Used + abused like an object- lower class- dehumanised

Answer 5

‘Just used her for the end of a stupid drunken evening, as if she was an animal’