gerald croft inspector calls Flashcards
who is Gerald
the son in law mr birlings dreamt of . he is the son of the competition,crofts limited. his mother’s a lady. he is respectable
how does priestly present gerald as an eligible bachelor
at the start, gerald seem ike a good catch. he gets on well with mr birling and impresses mrs birling.Then it turns out that gerald has been lying. he confesses tat he had a relationship with daisy Renton during last summer. sheila hands his engagement rung back.gerald leads the birling to realise that inspector goole was nota police officer and that there was no suicide recorded at the hospital. he sides with birling,focusing on protecting their reputqation
name 4 traits gerald hs
he is respectable, upper class, a liar and is traditional
what quote shows that gerald is respectable
the easy well bred young man about the town
what quote shows that gerald is a liar
I wasn’t telling you a complete lie
what quotes shows that gerald is upper class
landed people and so forth
what quote shows the Gerald is traditional
I should say no
how is gerald alike to mr birling
gerald used to and comfortable with being in control.gerald agreses with birling on politics and women and laughs at his joke about getting into trouble. he supports Arthur’s sacking of eva smith/daisy Renton “ you couldn’t have done anything else” he is buissnes minded and is committed to his work in the same way that mr birling is.He and Arthur are the one who are determined to take action at the end to find out whether the inspector or the girl was real
how is gerald presented as someone who has a promising future
he’s handsome,wealthy about thirty . he is from an old county family unlike the birlingwhich make him their social superior.Gerald works for crofts limited . this is his father’s firm and is older and bigger than birling and co . the company are “friendly rivals “he will probably take over some day. he is relaxed and comfortable in his company unlike Eric and shares jokes with birding
Does Gerald think that he is in the wrong
He thinks he’s done nothing wrong. Gerlad says that Eva smith/ daisy renton “ didn’t blame me at all”. The audience at first don’t blame Gerald because neither did daisy Renton/ Eva smith. The inspector isn’t too harsh on him because gerlad “ had some affection for her and made her happy for a time” Gerald had some positive effects on Eva smith/ daisy rentons life.Then he left her and went off in a buisiness trip he left her homeless
How did preist,y make Gerald a complex character
Gerlad is neither bad nor good.Gerald is confident but also stubborn, he doesn’t learn much about himself over the course of the play . The inspector asks Gerald whether he thinks “young women ought to be protected against unpleasant and disturbing things” Gerlad says yes, thinking of Sheila. It’s people like Gerald who are doing the unpleasant and disturbing things to women like Eva smith/ daisy Renton. He uses her and then discards her. This applies just as much to mr hurling and other men like him who have the same attitudes.Gerald has the ability to separate gus public,respectable image from secret,privat acts something eric hasn’t got the hang of
