Eva Smith

Question 1

5 ways to describe her.

Answer 1

Unfortunate, Deserted, Desperate, Vunerable, Broken

Question 2

What are her major points in the play?

Answer 2

1) Firing from Birling and Co. and Millwards
2) Affair with Gerald Croft
3) Pregnancy with Eric Birling, stolen money
4) Death due to disinfectant

Question 3

What is her significance?

Answer 3

1) Used to represent ‘every women’ through her common surname of ‘‘Smith”
2) Symbolises women’s suffering and the dominance of men

Question 4

What does she represent?

Answer 4

Representation of voiceless lower class, struggle to get by in life as a women who is isolated and broken. We can see this through her becoming a prostitute

Question 5

What are her beliefs?

Answer 5

1) Women should have equal rights as men
2) The class system is corrupt
3) Society is unjust because no one is given the same oppotunity

Question 6

How do the stage directions/other characters describe her?

Answer 6

Pretty but helpless. She is also strong willed through her striving for higher wages against someone like Mr Birling.