Gerald Flashcards
“awfully busy at work”
He is unrepentant until Sheila found out, presenting his disloyalty and unfaithfulness. Furthermore, his character is the crux of the Inspectors problem with society, as he is careless of his actions until he has to encounter the consequences.
“Good sport”
Objectifies women as a prize to win, showing his exploitative attributes. He sexualises Eva, claiming she was “young and fresh” These adjectives have connotations of lustful desires, suggesting that Eva was being used as a mistress. Furthermore, his familiarity with these lustful desires is further reinforced as he “hates these hard-eyed, dough faced women” this suggests he is well familiarised with prostitutes and it has developed into a hobby of his to exploit women not only for increased profit and wealth, but to indulge in sexual activities with.
“I made her take some money”
Here Gerald essentially disguises prostitution as charity, and tries to absolve himself from blame as he tried showcasing that he was trying to aid her, instead of using her as a sexual object.
“rather too manly to be dandy”
This suggest that Gerald has a physically masculine appearance and is very confident, and provides financial security within his relationship due to high upper class status.
