Generational Differences Flashcards
Ts1: Priestley conveys an inequality in genders due to a difference in generational views(Mrs B and Sheila gen difference on expectations of women)
‘You’ll have to get used to that’
‘I don’t believe I will’
‘I’m not trying to defend him… a lot of young men-‘
‘Be quiet so your father can decide what to do’
‘A prominent member of Brumley womens charity’
Umbrella
Generational differences are represented by Priestley throughout the play through character conflicts, a difference in belief of workers rights and taking responsibility.
Ts2: the acceptance of responsibility contrasts between characters throughout the play due to generational differences and beliefs.
‘She only had herself to blame’ ‘I know I’m to blame’
‘This public school and varsity life’
‘You’re beginning… to pretend that nothing much happened… you don’t seem to have learnt anything’
‘He was our police inspector all right’
‘The girls dead and we all helped to kill her’
‘I did nothing I’m ashamed of’
‘A hoax… the whole things different now’
Ts3: generational differences are presented through differing opinions of employers responsibilities to employees and treatment of WC.
‘These girls aren’t cheap labour, they’re people’
‘Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?’
‘Doesn’t learn to face a few responsibilities.’
‘Get into trouble?Go on the streets?’
‘Girls of that class’
‘She had a lot to say…she had to go’
‘Elaborate fine feelings and scruples… absurd in a girl in her position’
‘A man has to look after himself’’like bees in a hive’ ‘crank’
‘You refused her… even the pitiable little bit of organised charity you had in your power to grant her’
Topic sentences:
Ts1: inequality of genders due to difference in generational views
Ts2: acceptance of responsibility contrast due to generational differences.
Ts3: generational differences presented through differing views of employers responsibilities to employees.
‘You’ll have to get used to that’ (Mrs B)
‘I don’t believe I will’ (S)
Unlike Mrs B, S expects to be treated as more of an equal in society. C= this reflects S’s generations attitudes towards gender inequalities and also mirrors the suffragettes campaign for political and economic equality in law.
‘I’m not trying to defend him… a lot of young men-‘ (Mr B)
Mr B defends G as he wants the business merger to go ahead. C= considered acceptable for men to have affairs before marriage but not women- double sexual standards.
‘She only had herself to blame’ (Mrs B)
‘I know I’m to blame’ (S)
(Mr B) individualism. C= Edwardian capitalist society in which individuals looked after themselves and their family only.
(Sheila) contrasts Mrs B’s lack of acceptance in ‘chain of events’. C= reflects Priestley’s belief that hope for social change lies with the younger generation. R= many of younger generation watching post WW2 so want change - NHS 1948(Beveridge report)
‘This public school and varsity life’(Mr B)
Critical for E and his privileged lifestyle. Ironic as he was the one who spoiled Eric and won’t accept his responsibility for it.
‘These girls aren’t cheap labour, they’re people’
C= Sheila begins to realise that her fathers workers aren’t just a collective workforce but all individuals that need to be respected. L= adj ‘cheap’ usually referred to goods. I/D= reflects Marxist interpretation- human beings reduced to means of production in capitalist society.
‘Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?’ (E)
‘Doesn’t learn to face a few responsibilities’ (Mr B)
E reveals his socialist belief that high profits should be shared with workers in the form of pay rises.
Mr B threatens E that he will be out of a job. He believes that it is an individuals responsibility to look after himself and his family.
Ts4: S+E treated as infants in the family with no voice showing generational differences
‘What an expression, Sheila!’
‘The famous younger generation who know it all’
