overall act summaries Flashcards
summarise act 1?
birling family celebrate sheila’s engagement to gerald.
arthur gives speech to eric and gerald about business preaching every man should look after themselves
goole shows up and questions everyone about eva smith who’d taken her life
arthur reveals he’d sacked her after she protested for increased pay, and sheila revealed she ordered her to be fired from department store
arthur isnt guilty, sheila is
google reveals she went by daisy renton, gerald is shocked
summarise act 2?
gerald admits to affair with daisy renton
sheila hands ring back
sybil confesses she persuaded charity to reject eva’s appeal for help when she was pregnant#
sybil refuses to take responsibility and blames father
they begin to suspect eric is the father
summarise act 3 ?
eric confirms he is father of the child
he drunkenly forced her to have sex
stole £50 from his father for support
eva refused to accept to she went to sybil’s charity
goole gives a speech and preaches we are all responsible for eachother
gerald returns and confirms from an officer there is no “goole” and the “morgue” confirms there was no report of suicide
sheila argues arthur doesn’t feel remorse and only cares about reputation
phone rings, a young woman had died from drinking disinfectant and police are sending an inspector
