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how is Gerald presented at the start of the play |
confident and charming |
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what is the context of gerald |
Priestly uses Gerald to attack the upper class, Priestly presented Gerald as a buffer between capitalism and socialism, and his age falls in between the young and old generation |
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how does Priestly present Gerald in act one ? |
Geralds unquestioning adherence to the capitalist system is revealed through the use of dramatic irony. Heralds privileged background and self-assured manner shows the ignorance of the realities of the changing world around them |
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a quote where gerald doesn’t take responsibility |
- i don’t come into this suicide buisness - were respectable citizens and not criminals |
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quotes to show gerald portraying sympathy |
-‘ My god... i’ve suddenly realised- that she’s dead! ‘ i’m rather more - upset - by this buisness than i probably appear to be- ‘ |
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a quote to show Geralds capitalist views |
- ‘ i know we’d have done the same thing’ |
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what are Geralds attitudes and beliefs |
- Capitalist - Profit, wealth and belief in the status quo which created him; lives in an era where people ‘ knew their place’ - reactionary: his beliefs contrast with shelias more responsible outlook |
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how is Gerald described in the opening description? |
rather to manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well- bred young-man-about-town |
