How does Eva Smith represent the working class? Flashcards
1
Q
What does Eva say to stand up to her father?
A
‘those girls aren’t cheap labour their people’
2
Q
How does Mrs Birling look down on Eva?
A
‘As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money’
3
Q
How does the Inspector describe her losing the job in the shop?
A
‘It was the last steady job she had’
4
Q
How does Mrs Birling show that she thought that Eva Smith didn’t deserve the money?
A
‘claiming to elaborate fine feelings, simply absurd for a girl of that position’
5
Q
How does Eric defend the working class through defending Eva?
A
‘Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages we try for highest possible prices’
