Gerald

Question 1

Is Priestley critical of Gerald

Answer 1

• ‘he at least had some affection for her and made her happy for a time’
• Priestley was openly unfaithful, so not as critical

Question 2

Is Priestley critical of Gerald

Answer 2

• ‘he at least had some affection for her and made her happy for a time’
• Priestley was openly unfaithful, so not as critical

Question 3

Is Priestley critical of Gerald

Answer 3

• ‘he at least had some affection for her and made her happy for a time’
• Priestley was openly unfaithful, so not as critical

Question 4

Role in social conditioning

Answer 4

• ‘and now at least you’ve been honest. And I believe what you told us about the way you helped her at first. Just out of pity’
• invites our moral outrage - patriarchy has conditioned her to accept infidelity because it is better than the alternative

Question 5

Gerald’s deceptions as a form of sophistry

Answer 5

• gets Eva drunk first
• tells Inspector details which match what the Birlings know, however still pretends they are all different girls