sheila and gerald and eva
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- Gerald and his relationships with Eva and Sheila
- Eva
- he is apparently honest about his and Eva's relative affection for one another, but admits enjoying her admiration of him as a Fairy Prince
- he speaks affectionately of Daisy, and had behaved chivalrously towards her (Joe Meggarty, meal, accommodation, money)
- he is honest about seeing Eva, admitting he lied to Sheila
- Gerald's behaviour and words hurt Sheila, shown by her sarcastic comments and tone 'with sharp sarcasm' 'with irony'
- Sheila is determined to stay and hear Gerald's confession, there is an area of her fiance's life of which she knows nothing, and she is becoming aware of this
- Sheila respects Gerald's honesty, but is visibly hurt by the admission of his affair with Eva
- Sheila is determined to stay and hear Gerald's confession, there is an area of her fiance's life of which she knows nothing, and she is becoming aware of this
- Gerald's admission of his affair is a cruel blow to Sheila on her engagement day, she interrupts her mother abruptly to get the truth about it
- Sheila realises that she and Gerald do not know each other well enough and gives him back the engagement ring
- In the aftermath of the Inspector's visit Sheila defers any decision about marrying Gerald
- She has become a more mature and changing person, aware of her responsib-ilities to others and to herself, whereas Gerald is still more concerned about restablishing a socially advant-ageous alliance
- In the aftermath of the Inspector's visit Sheila defers any decision about marrying Gerald
- Sheila realises that she and Gerald do not know each other well enough and gives him back the engagement ring
- relationship crisis
- Gerald's behaviour and words hurt Sheila, shown by her sarcastic comments and tone 'with sharp sarcasm' 'with irony'
- he openly tells the family that the affair was not disgusting, but refuses to give details to Sheila
- Gerald needs to make sure that his side of the story is told properly and understood by the Birling family 'hesitatingly', directly addressing Mrs B to contradict an earlier point
- he is dispassion-ate about his breaking off the affair with Eva but also admits feeling bad about it
- Priestley's use of actor's voice, dashes which may indicate hesitation, lying, uncertainty, consideration or remorse
- he had given her an 'allowance' but admits his parting gift was not much
- he knew nothing of where she went suggesting he had not tried hard to find out, but does ask the Inspector a series of questions now about this
- he seems to be affected by the recollection of Eva and needs to be alone
- Gerald appears to have deep feelings and some self-recrimination 'low, troubled tone', 'gravely'
- he is apparently honest about his and Eva's relative affection for one another, but admits enjoying her admiration of him as a Fairy Prince
- Sheila + the engagement party - Act 1
- he has lied to Sheila about his whereabouts the previous summer
- 'I was awfully busy at the works all that time'
- Sheila seems unhappy with Gerald's 'disappearance' the previous summer
- she appears to still to be unsure of his motives
- he tries to dupe Sheila into believing that he has been trying for a long time to become a member of the family, yet he was away most of the summer
- He seems to regard Sheila as a well-won prize, and well deserved
- Gerald had chosen the engagement moment with care and consideration and behaves gallantly in a socially acceptable way, impressing Mr and Mrs B and making Sheila excited and happy
- Sheila's half-serious, half-playful, mock-aggressive tone suggests that Gerald does not give her confidence to be really comfortable in his company
- Sheila teases Gerald, 'half-playful, half-serious' way
- Gerald is a mixture of egocentricity and humility
- 'hope I can make you as happy as you deserve to be'
- 'you can drink to me'
- they drink to one another
- Gerald spoils a normally private moment of giving an engagement ring, turning it into a public demonstration by producing it in public
- he gives her the ring in the box
- his smile when she sees the ring could be considered evidence of self-congratulation
- Sheila is genuininely pleased with her engagement ring and appears to be in love with Gerald
- he does not respond to Sheila's hasty kiss of thanks, and indeed says nothing more to Sheila before she exits
- Mrs B acknowledges his adroitness
- 'That was clear of you, Gerald'
- later in the play there are sharp and bitter exchanges between Gerald and Sheila as the tension increases
- his suggestion that she take the ring back may be construed as thoughtless and insensitive
- he has lied to Sheila about his whereabouts the previous summer
- Sheila's confession
- during her own confession Sheila turns on Gerald when she feels he is judging her, indicating a lack of understanding between them
- relationship flounders
- after her confession she calls Gerald a 'fool' and warns him not to lie to the Inspector
- during her own confession Sheila turns on Gerald when she feels he is judging her, indicating a lack of understanding between them
- Eva
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