AIC - exploration of gender roles - JSP

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  • AIC gender roles
    • Theme
      • equality
        • throughout her life, Sheila hasn't been treated with the same respect as Eric
      • masculinity
        • Men as selfish
          • men 1st then family 2nd
            • women as an afterthought
      • love & marriage
        • physical attraction was the motive behind Gerald's relationship with Sheia. Sheila loves Gerald whereas he was only saw her as an object
        • Mr Birling sees marriage as a way of climbing the social ladder
    • Quotes
      • "Nothing to do with you Sheila, run along"
        • women weak can't take hard conversations
      • Girls of that class
        • women are like children
          • uses gender to highlight upper class superiority to working class
      • A man has to look after himself and his family too"
      • What's all this about?
      • Fire and blood and anguish
    • Context
      • men in charge of the house
        • women not seen as strong minded
      • women expected to stay loyal
        • loyalty didn't apply to men
          • Priestley's dad remarried straight away
    • Characters
      • Mr Birling
        • Only allows the men in the family a seat at the table
          • didn't regard the women in his life as the same as the men
      • Eva
        • only loved for her physical features
          • women treated as objects
      • Sheila
        • not respected by her father  - 1st male figure she knew
          • However, when she realises this she challenges him for once

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