Gerald Croft CHARACTER PROFILE

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respectable "the easy well-? young man-about-town"
liar "i wasn't telling you a ? lie"
respectable "the easy well-bred young man-about-town"
liar "i wasn't telling you a complete lie"
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he's from an old ? family, making him the birlings social ?"
Crofts ? is bigger and older than Birling and ?
the companies are "friendly ?"
relaxed and comfortable with mr birling, unlike ?
from an old county family, the birlings social superior
Crofts Limited is bigger and older than Birling and Company
the companies are "friendly rivals"
relaxed and comfortable with birling, unlike eric
2 of 7
his future looks like mr ?
he's used to being in ?
agrees with birling on politics and ?
supports sacking eva "you couldn't have done ? else"
business-? and committed to his work in the same way arthur is
him and arthur are the ones to take action to find
future looks like mr birlings
used to being in control
agrees with birling on politics and women
supports sacking eva "you couldn't have done anything else"
business-minded and committed to his work
him and arthur take action to find out whether the inspe
3 of 7
first character to use the word "?"
keen to prove the inspector was fake
he comforts sheila and doesn't seem to have learnt any ?
to use the word "hoax"
keen to prove the inspector was fake
doesn't seem to have learnt any lessons
4 of 7
gerald says eva "didn't ? me at all", perhaps the audience didn't blame gerald at first because eva didn't
the inspector isn't harsh on him because gerald "made her ? for a time" and had some ? effects on her life
but then he left her and made her ?
gerald says eva "didn't blame me at all", perhaps the audience didn't blame him at first because eva didn't
the inspector isn't harsh on him because he "made her happy for a time" and had some positive effects on her life
but then he left her and made her
5 of 7
the inspector points out gerald's hypocrisy:
gerald says yes to "young women ought to be protected against ? and disturbing things"
but it's him doing those things to eva, he ? her and then discards her

he has the ability to separate his ? image from his
says yes to "young women ought to be protected against unpleasant and disturbing things"
but it's him that does the disturbing things to eva, he uses her then discards her

he has the ability to separate his respectable image from his evil acts, unlike er
6 of 7
priestley uses ? irony to make mr and mrs birling appear foolish and over ?, gerald is more perceptive
for example he warns mrs birling against ? the inspector since he knows it will make things ?
it could make the audience judge gerald more ? because he
uses dramatic irony to make mr and mrs birling appear foolish and overconfident, gerald is more perceptive
he warns mrs birling against intimidating the inspector since he knows it will make things worse
it could make the audience judge gerald more harshl
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Card 2

Front

he's from an old ? family, making him the birlings social ?"
Crofts ? is bigger and older than Birling and ?
the companies are "friendly ?"
relaxed and comfortable with mr birling, unlike ?

Back

from an old county family, the birlings social superior
Crofts Limited is bigger and older than Birling and Company
the companies are "friendly rivals"
relaxed and comfortable with birling, unlike eric

Card 3

Front

his future looks like mr ?
he's used to being in ?
agrees with birling on politics and ?
supports sacking eva "you couldn't have done ? else"
business-? and committed to his work in the same way arthur is
him and arthur are the ones to take action to find

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

first character to use the word "?"
keen to prove the inspector was fake
he comforts sheila and doesn't seem to have learnt any ?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

gerald says eva "didn't ? me at all", perhaps the audience didn't blame gerald at first because eva didn't
the inspector isn't harsh on him because gerald "made her ? for a time" and had some ? effects on her life
but then he left her and made her ?

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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