gerald Flashcards
how is gerald used in an inspector calls?
-as a vehicle to reveal more about eva and gain the audiences sympathy
-he bridges the gap between the generations
‘she was young and pretty and warm-hearted and intensely grateful’ [ACT 2]
adjective: young
-could show how gerald easily took advantage of her and controlled her
adjective: pretty
-shows the superficial ideas in 1912 and how men objectified women
-young and pretty are his immediate adjectives for eva
adjective: grateful
-shows how egotistical gerald is, he thinks he’s saved her life, however he’s just given her a false sense of security and then left her after her has exploited her body
‘everything’s all right now sheila. what about this ring?’ [ACT 3]
-gerald disappoints the audience, he doesn’t care about all the lessons he was meant to learn and immediately goes back to his own ways, expecting sheila to accept him
-‘ring’ either represents affluence (and how it’s used like a bandage that can easily cover up pain and crime) or patriarchy (how women had to get used to being used like commodities)
