eva smith essay plan

Question 1

intro

Answer 1

• microcosm for the suffering proletariat

- prejudice they face at the hands of the aristocracy

Question 2

paragraph 1

Answer 2

• exploited by the upper class
• ‘we’ve done a great deal of useful work for deserving classes’
• ‘as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money’ - inherently greedy
• ‘impertinence’ - class prejudice, mrs birling views herself as superior

Question 3

paragraph 2

Answer 3

• sexism she faced
• ## ‘young and fresh and charming and altogether out of place down there’ - fresh connotes desire/fertility, sexual intent, objectification describing her like food, out of place could be her being a virgin

Question 4

paragraph 3

Answer 4

• represents the entire lower class
• ‘millions and millions of eva smiths and john smiths’
• smith comes from blacksmith, microcosm, representative of a whole
• ‘died in misery and agony - hating life ’ - graphic, empathy,