Gerald Croft
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- Created on: 05-03-18 20:43
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- Gerald Croft
- Eligible bachelor
- Gerald is the son-in-law Birling dreamt of
- He's the son of the completion (Crofts Limited)
- His parents are Lord and Lady
- He's respectable
- At the start Gerald seems like a catch
- He get s on well with Birling and impress Mrs.B
- But then it turns out Gerald had been lying
- He confesses that he had a fling with Daisy Renton last summer when he was meant to be involved with Shiela
- She resultantly hands back his engagement ring
- He confesses that he had a fling with Daisy Renton last summer when he was meant to be involved with Shiela
- Gerald leads the Billings to realise that Insect goole was not a police officer
- That there was not suicide recorded a the hospital
- He sides with Mr and Mrs Birling, focusing on how to protect their reputation
- He also asks Sheila to give him another chance now that 'it wasn't going to get out about his fling'
- "Everything's alright now Sheila [...] What about this ring?"
- He also asks Sheila to give him another chance now that 'it wasn't going to get out about his fling'
- He sides with Mr and Mrs Birling, focusing on how to protect their reputation
- That there was not suicide recorded a the hospital
- Gerald is ...
- Respectable
- "the easy well-bred young man-about-town"
- Upper class
- "landed people and so forth"
- A Liar
- "I wasn't telling you a complete lie"
- Traditional
- "I should say so!" (Gerald agreeing with Birling)
- Respectable
- Gerald is the son-in-law Birling dreamt of
- He has a bright future, but a lot like the Birlings
- Gerald was handsome, wealthy, about 30
- He is from an old country family
- unlike the billings
- This makes him their social superior
- unlike the billings
- He work for 'Crofts Limited', his fathers firm
- It is older and bigger that Birling and co.
- The two companies are friendly rivals
- And he would most likely take it over when his father retires
- Leaving him with a very well paid cushy job
- And he would most likely take it over when his father retires
- The two companies are friendly rivals
- It is older and bigger that Birling and co.
- He is relaxed and comfortable in this company (unlike Eric) and hated jokes with Birling
- Getting on his goos side because of Sheila?
- HOWEVER, He is like Birling in that he is used to and comfortable with being in control
- He agrees with Birling's politics and women and laughs at his joke about getting into trouble
- He supports Arthur's sacking of Eva
- "You couldn't have done anything else"
- He's business-minded and is committed to his work in the same way hat Arthur billing is
- He and Arthur are the ones whoa re committed to taking action at the end to find out whether the Inspector or the girl were real
- If it want for Gerald, it'd be easy to say thatMr and Mrs Birling were unchanging because they're too old.
- But Gerald's Character shoes that younger people can be just as selfish an old-fashioned
- He dosent feel sorry for his actions
- Because it is such a usual thing for theses privileged young men to do he feels that his actions aren't something to profusely apologise for
- Priestley shows this through his language
- He makes him sound less passionate than sheila
- Gerald can distance himself form the tragedy
- He makes him sound less passionate than sheila
- Priestley shows this through his language
- He's the first character to call it a hoax
- He is very keen to prove the inspector was a fake and clear everyone's names
- He dosen't seem to have learnt any lessons
- He comforts sheila at the end of the play "Everything's alright now"
- Quite patronisingly in my opinion
- As though Sheila was supposed to forget and push aside the fact that he was unfaithful to her because it isn't going to get out
- Quite patronisingly in my opinion
- He comforts sheila at the end of the play "Everything's alright now"
- He dosen't seem to have learnt any lessons
- He is very keen to prove the inspector was a fake and clear everyone's names
- Because it is such a usual thing for theses privileged young men to do he feels that his actions aren't something to profusely apologise for
- He doesn't feel he was in the wrong
- Gerald says thatEva/Daisy "didn't blame me at all"
- This fools the audience into letting Gerald off because Daisy 'didn't blame him'
- The inspector isn't too harsh on him because Gerald was kind to her
- "had some affection for her and made her happy for a time"
- He did have some positive effects on her life
- However, he treated her badly because of her status
- He kept her as a mistress for his own pleasure and discarded her when it suited him
- However, he treated her badly because of her status
- He did have some positive effects on her life
- "had some affection for her and made her happy for a time"
- But then he left her and went back ti Sheila
- He effectively made her homeless
- However, he treated her badly because of her status
- He kept her as a mistress for his own pleasure and discarded her when it suited him
- However, he treated her badly because of her status
- He effectively made her homeless
- Gerald says thatEva/Daisy "didn't blame me at all"
- He isn't simply 'Bad or Good'
- He is confident but he is also stubborn
- He dosent lard much about himself over the course of the play
- The Inspector points out Gerald's Hypocrisy
- The inspector acts him whether he thinks "young women ought to be protected against unpleasant and disturbing things?"
- He repays 'yes' thinking of Sheila
- But irt is people like Gerald who are doing th disturbing things to women like Eva/Daisy
- He uses her and then discards her
- This applies just as much to Birling ad other men like him who have the same attitudes
- That women (like Eva/Daisy) are expendable and don't require protection
- This applies just as much to Birling ad other men like him who have the same attitudes
- He uses her and then discards her
- But irt is people like Gerald who are doing th disturbing things to women like Eva/Daisy
- He repays 'yes' thinking of Sheila
- The inspector acts him whether he thinks "young women ought to be protected against unpleasant and disturbing things?"
- The Inspector points out Gerald's Hypocrisy
- He dosent lard much about himself over the course of the play
- He has the ability to separate his public, respectable image form secret, pirate acts
- something which Eric docent possess
- He is confident but he is also stubborn
- Eligible bachelor
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