Gerald Croft

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  • Gerald Croft
    • He is neither good nor bad
      • He's a hypocrite
        • Gerald agrees "young women ought to be protected against unpleasant and disturbing things"
        • But it was Gerald who did the unpleasant and disturbing  things to Eva
    • He doesn't think he's done anything wrong
      • His language shows that he doesn't feel remorse
        • At the end of the play he says "everything's alright now Shelia" - he hasn't learnt his lesson
        • He's the first character to use the 'hoax' - he wants to prove that the Inspector's a fake and wants to protect his reputation
      • He did care for Eva but treatted he badly due to her social status
        • He kept her as his mistress for his own please then discared her - basically made her homeless
    • Purpose in the play
      • He shows that young people can be selfish and unchangeable too
      • He represents the selfish attitudes of the upper class
        • He lets the audience down; we had hope that he would change his attitudes but he doesn't - shows how integrated into the upper class these views were
    • Characteristics
      • a LIAR
        • "I wasn't telling you a complete lie"
        • He isn't willing to reveal his involvement - wants to protect his own interests (Like Mr Birling?)
      • keen to impress Mr.Birling
        • He has lots of similar views to Birling (he'll end up like Birling?)
        • He's business minded and likes to be in control like Birling
          • "We'd have done the same thing."
        • Agrees with Birling's social and political views and laughs at Mr Birling's jokes
      • Upper-class
        • "We're respectable citizens after all."
        • He's from an old country family - the Birlings social superior
      • Traditional
        • "I should say so too!" (agreeing with Birling)
        • He did care for Eva
          • "I'm rather more - upset by this business than I probably appear to be-"
            • But he used her
              • He knew her feelings for him were stronger than his own

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