Law and Morality

Question 1

Law and morality
Mr Birling

Answer 1

Desperate for better social status, avaricious, more concerned about financial gain of daughter’s engagement than happiness, working with Crofts for ‘lower costs and higher prices’ no concern for workers’ welfare, disregard ‘my duty to keep labour costs down’ selfish

Question 2

Law and morality
Sheila

Answer 2

Spiteful, jealous of Eva in Milwards ‘I went to the manager’ got her fired, petulant, didn’t consider the impact or importance of the job to Eva, later understands moral message behind events, reiterates all of their wrong doings ‘(tensely) it frightens me the way you talk’ challenges parents

Question 3

Law and morality
Gerald

Answer 3

Deceitful about his affair with Daisy, reluctant to admit truth, untrustworthy ‘We can keep it from him’ foolish, tries to cover up scandal from Inspector, abandoned Daisy, disregarded her feelings

Question 4

Law and morality
Inspector

Answer 4

Acts as catalyst for events, authoritative, forces truth out of family, unveils unethical behaviour hidden behind their wealth ‘I think you should stay’ commanding, frequently reminds audience and family of the tragedy ‘A girl died tonight’ she faced the impact of their actions