Eva Smith Quotes Flashcards
1
Q
A1 - infirmary
A
INSPECTOR
‘Two hours ago a young woman died in the infirmary’
2
Q
A1 - suicide
A
BIRLING
‘Wretched girl’s suicide’
3
Q
A1 - women
A
BIRLING
‘we’ve several hundred women there, y’know, and they keep changing’
4
Q
A1 - people
A
SHEILA
‘But these girls aren’t cheap about, they’re people’
5
Q
A1 - Lively
A
BIRLING
‘Lively, good lucking girl’
6
Q
A1 - jealous
A
SHEILA
‘jealous of her’
7
Q
A2 - class
A
MRS B
‘Girls of that class-‘
8
Q
‘smith’
A
This is an ordinary name, showing that she is an ordinary person and this could happen to anybody
9
Q
How is the fact the Eva Smith has no lines relevant?
A
It shows that she is powerless, silent and invisible
10
Q
Why has Daisy Renton been chosen as one of Eva’s names?
A
Pushing up the daisies is a euphemism for death
