Gerald Croft Flashcards
‘i didn’t install her there so that i could make love to her’
-‘install’ makes it sound as if daisy is a piece of equipment to be manipulated and used with
‘All right. I knew her. Let’s leave it at that’
‘a glance that was nothing less than a cry for help’
-use of emotive language ‘cry for help’ makes us realise that he genuinely felt sorry for her and wanted to help
‘I didn’t ask for anything in return’
- argues that his actions were selfless
- makes the audience view him in a positive light
‘easy well-bred young man about town’
- pre-modifying adjective ‘easy’ conveys his uncomplicated and effortless existence, however ‘well-bred’ reinforces a notion of superiority, impressing the reader as he is from a high class
- this subtle reference to divisions and class differences would have antagonised a respective audience
- ‘bred’ makes it sound as if he is an animal of inferior intelligence
‘Sorry- i well- I’ve suddenly realised- taken it in properly - she’s dead’
-emotional reaction as shown by use of hyphens to show pauses connects with Gerald’s concern about Daisy’s wellbeing which shows his caring attitude
Gerald from beginning to end
-first see him in a good way as he has redeemed himself but at the end, he still ignores all his actions and the audience has lost all faith in him
‘I don’t come into this suicide business’
- foreshadows and is ironic as he does
- ‘business’ uses the noun to refer to Daisy renton, suggesting daisy is a profession to make profit of
what was priestley’s reason for gerald to be there (introduction)
-PLAY IS ALLEGORICAL and gerald acts as a metaphor representing a hybrid of different themes such as gluttony, lust and capilatism
‘what about this ring’
-HASNT CHANGED
