AIC - exploration of gender roles - JSP
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- Created on: 18-02-20 21:46
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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
- men 1st then family 2nd
- Men as selfish
- 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
- equality
- 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
- women are like children
- A man has to look after himself and his family too"
- What's all this about?
- Fire and blood and anguish
- "Nothing to do with you Sheila, run along"
- 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
- loyalty didn't apply to men
- men in charge of the house
- 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
- Only allows the men in the family a seat at the table
- Eva
- only loved for her physical features
- women treated as objects
- only loved for her physical features
- Sheila
- not respected by her father - 1st male figure she knew
- However, when she realises this she challenges him for once
- not respected by her father - 1st male figure she knew
- Mr Birling
- Theme
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