Inspector Calls - GC
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- Created on: 11-10-16 18:00
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- Gerald Croft
- 'Everything's all right now, Sheila. What about this ring?'
- Because the Inspector wasn't a real policeman, and they think the girl may not even have been the same one, he is acting as though the affair never happened even though it did.
- He is returning to normal straight away, he doesn't understand how his actions have still had an impact on people's lives.
- Theme: Responsibility
- 'Either there's a dead girl or there isn't'
- He doesn't allow for variations and emotion at all, even though none of it changes the fact he cheated on Sheila. He doesn't see that though.
- Theme: Responsibility
- The words 'dead girl' suggests he doesn't relate to her at all, and regards her as nothing to him.
- Alternatively, could mean he does remember her and is attempting to hide his true feelings for fear of appearing sympathetic towards the lower classes, because of Arthur's strong Capitalist views.
- 'I insisted on a parting gift of money'
- Thinks money is more valuable than anything else
- His involuntary reaction is to pay because he doesn't know how to console her emotionally
- Theme: Class Differences
- Feels guilty for his actions
- 'Everything's all right now, Sheila. What about this ring?'
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