An Inspector Calls- The Importance of Eva Smith
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- Created on: 25-02-17 15:47
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- The Importance of Eva Smith
- name
- Eva
- Similar to Eve from Adam and Eve could represent the first of many and similar to other women in 1912.
- could represent womankind
- In the bible Eve rewind mankind however Preistly could have done the opposite as men are corrupting women
- Similar to Eve from Adam and Eve could represent the first of many and similar to other women in 1912.
- Smith
- Common name could represent all women
- Daisy
- Lots of daisies; she could represent one of many.
- pretty flower
- Sheila: 'but she was pretty and looked like she could take care of herself'
- ordinary name but theirs nothing ordinary about Daisy(Eva)
- Renton
- Rent could suggest she is renting her body as a prostitute in the 'palace bar'
- Eva
- Priestly could've chosen Eva as a female victim to show the treatment of female factory workers in the Edwardian era and maybe from anytime as her name suggests
- women were especially cheap labour
- Birling; 'It's my duty to keep labour costs down'
- Female victim
- Women could've been a threat to men because of the suffragette movement could be threatening to reduce men's power
- Priestly presents socialism and equality by having the importance of a woman in a play.
- Seen by more traditional women(Mrs Birling) as disrupting the status quo.
- exploited by men for their own sexual gains
- punished for standing up for her rights
- exploited by men for their own sexual gains
- women are judged by their looks
- Sheila; 'she was pretty and looked as if she could take care of herself'
- inspector; 'and you think young women ought to be protected from unpleasant and disturbing things'
- Gerald; 'she was very pretty with dark brown hair and brown eyes'
- Gerald; 'she looked young and fresh and charming and altogether out of place down there'
- women are judged by their looks
- Sheila; 'she was pretty and looked as if she could take care of herself'
- inspector; 'and you think young women ought to be protected from unpleasant and disturbing things'
- Gerald; 'she was very pretty with dark brown hair and brown eyes'
- Gerald; 'she looked young and fresh and charming and altogether out of place down there'
- draws our attention to her appearances. is that what she is judged by?
- Gerald; 'she looked young and fresh and charming and altogether out of place down there'
- Eva's good looks get her into trouble
- women are judged by their looks
- draws our attention to her appearances. is that what she is judged by?
- Gerald; 'she looked young and fresh and charming and altogether out of place down there'
- Eva's good looks get her into trouble
- women were especially cheap labour
- Female victim
- Women could've been a threat to men because of the suffragette movement could be threatening to reduce men's power
- Priestly presents socialism and equality by having the importance of a woman in a play.
- Seen by more traditional women(Mrs Birling) as disrupting the status quo.
- punished for standing up for her rights
- Disinfectant
- she is literally disinfecting herself of all the harm she has experienced
- she wants to die a violent and painful death to show she is a martyr
- her body has been treated with disrespect
- Exploitation towards Eva
- Gerald
- uses her as his mistrees
- even though he is in a serious relationship with Sheila
- visits the 'favourite haunt of women of the town'
- is it a regular thing to do by many men in 1912?
- alderman meggarty
- Mr Birling wants to keep it all quite as if he's hiding something
- maybe he's been to the 'palace bar'
- Eric visits
- dehumanising for women
- is it a regular thing to do by many men in 1912?
- uses her as his mistrees
- Eric
- violent towards her aswell
- Eric; 'I was in that state when a chap turns nasty- and i threatened to make a row.'
- visits the 'palace bar'
- violent towards her aswell
- Gerald
- name
- potentailly a weed
- Unwanted, taken for granted
- Daisy
- Lots of daisies; she could represent one of many.
- pretty flower
- Sheila: 'but she was pretty and looked like she could take care of herself'
- ordinary name but theirs nothing ordinary about Daisy(Eva)
- He also criticises the treatment of women in 1912
- Inspector; 'you can't do her any more harm'
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