Love and relationships Flashcards
Love and relationships
Birlings
Poor parental figures, Mr Birling ignores Sheila’s feelings ‘you must understand that a lot of young men-‘ patronising to her, Mrs Birling stern to children ‘now stop it, you two’ commanding not loving, Mr B supercilious to Eric ‘(angrily) What do you mean-not really?’ no unity, could argue that his actions are equally important
Love and relationships
Gerald and Sheila
Sheila is excited for their prosperous marriage, ‘Look-mummy’ wealth shown by ring, materialistic to win her over, lack of adoration, Gerald has affair with Daisy, ‘We can keep it form him’ deceitful, after Sheila rejects Gerald’s ring, values love and loyalty over wealth, Gerald fails to recognise this
Love and relationships
Eric and Eva
No love, abusive, used Eva to satisfy sexual desire, no consent was forceful ‘Yes, I insisted’ predatory creature taking advantage of vulnerable girl, brutish, Eva in helpless position, maintains her morals, refuses to marry him or take stolen money
Love and relationships
Inspector
Didactic message to show compassion and understanding to everyone ‘We are members of one body’ collective pronoun, effort from society, Priestley’s socialist views shown, loving everyone will make for a world without ‘fire and blood and anguish’