Inspector Calls Gerald Flashcards
How does the inspector extract the backstories from characters
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Quote show inspector is not very critical of Gerald and complimentary with him
“He at least had some affection for her and made her happy for a time”
This is because Priestley himself was openly unfaithful in his marriage and did not disapprove of Geralds affair with Eva
How does Sheila present Gerald as good
“And now at least you’ve been honest. And I believe what you told us about the way you helped her at first”
“And now at least you’ve been honest. And I believe what you told us about the way you he,led her at first” further info
Priestley invites our moral outrage. Sheila is prepared to accept his honesty because the patriarchal society has conditioned her to accept infidelity in return for finical security and social status
How do we see Geralds deceptions
As a form of sophistry as he kept trying to convince everyone that they were different girls even tho the things she told him matched the info the Birlings had about Eva Quotes from Gerald that Eva said Eg “she’d lost both her parents “ “She said something about the shop to “ The word “the” is referring to millwards
Geralds quote “Had let me have the key of a nice little set of rooms”
Word nice suggest the room would be convenient for sexual adventure
The rooms are for sexual exploitation
How is Gerald proposing sexual exploitation
He ends the affair as soon as the friend returns from Canada rather than pay to put her up in another apartment
“She lived very economically on what I’d allowed her”
Why does Priestley propose Gerald like this
To symbolise that Gerald is like all upper class men They see any relationship as a way for them to exploit women in economic ways
How does Gerald feel unsure about the inspector
Pretends to be sad and goes straight to police station and speak to a sergeant to find out wether the inspector is real He suspects inspector isn’t real by the way how rude the inspector was to him and Geralds used to being treated as a man of status coming from an upper class family
How does symbol of capitalism link to Gerald
Gerald is the symbol of the kind of capitalist that made a profit out of the blood of young men when they were fighting in both wars
