Money Flashcards
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Mr Birling
Avaricious, more concerned about financial outcome of daughter’s engagement than her happiness, wants to work with Crofts for ‘lower costs and higher prices’ no concern for his workers’ welfare ‘my duty to keep labour costs down’ selfish, single-minded
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Sheila
Stage directions ‘rather excited’ joyous for their prosperous marriage, gets Eva fired ‘I went to the manager’ doesn’t consider Eva’s need for the job and money, after learning everything, rejects Gerald’s ring & future together, love & loyalty more important to her
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Gerald
Drinks and discusses port, shows lavish, wealthy lifestyle, uses ring to win Sheila over, builds relationship with Daisy, takes advantage of her feelings ‘broke it off definitely’ adverb, certainty, dismissive, givers money to fix situation, thinks money can repair feelings
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Eva
From working class, determined to make a living ‘a good worker’ tenacious, asks for deserved higher wages, Mr B denies, ironic, Eva in desperate need compared to Mr B, virtuous, refuses to take more of Eric’s stolen money, rather die than use immoral money, independent