Edna character profile
- Created by: Cat91
- Created on: 01-05-18 18:32
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- Edna
- The maid
- Working class
- Same as Eva
- Working class
- Only appears a few times in the play
- Does so and gets tasks to preform
- Is treated rudely at the start
- By the end the Birlings may begin to treat her better, we don't know
- Represents individuals that are working
- 'Edna' is an uncommon name
- Is the first one to see the inspector
- She 'ushers' the inspector into the dining room
- A fitting response to the fact that he's about to lecture the B's on looking after girls like her
- She 'ushers' the inspector into the dining room
- The only maid we see appear
- Could be because shes the only servant or that there are others that we just can't see
- She could be the only servant to show that she's expected to do everything
- The Birlings treat working class people like cheap labour
- This was a play so might mean that it was due to budget - please don't write that
- She could be the only servant to show that she's expected to do everything
- Could be because shes the only servant or that there are others that we just can't see
- At the time she would've worked very long hours
- 5am-anytime roughly
- 'Wait up' - Mrs B page 61
- 5am-anytime roughly
- Priestly uses her to express the responsibility that the B's feel for people
- Could be dismissed at any time for no reason
- She's a very minor character
- Has very few lines
- Most of them include 'ma'am' or 'sir'
- She has no conversation with he B's
- She is shown to be a part of the 'millions and millions' of invisible people
- She has no character development
- We don't know much about her, nor would the B's
- They're unlikely to feel any responsibility towards her aside paying her wages
- We don't know much about her, nor would the B's
- She has no character development
- She is shown to be a part of the 'millions and millions' of invisible people
- Has very few lines
- The maid
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