Gerald

Question 1

Intro

Answer 1

-Symbol of the upper class

Question 2

Class quotes

Answer 2

-‘Lady croft feels you might have done better socially’
-‘well-bred’
‘You’re just the kind of son in law I always wanted’ (BOOST BIRLING’S FAMILY’S STATUS BY association)
-Class/social hierarchy was the most important thing in 1912, Priestley demonstrating how corrupt/unequal it was

Question 3

Gender

Answer 3

-Through Gerald Priestley demonstrates double standards

Question 4

Power

Answer 4

• ‘I did keep a girl last summer’

- Priestley highlighting the dangerous power upper class men have in society. This has to stop

Question 5

Guilt

Answer 5

• ‘Everything is alright Sheila’
• only concerned about himself not Eva’s death
• through his character Priestley able to critique the upper classes’ lack of acceptance of responsibility. They are more concerned about their SELF-SERVING desires to maintain their status quo/class hierarchy