THEMES!!

• Themes linked to the character of MRS B:

  1. EQUALITY & INEQUALITY
  2. YOUNG &OLD
  3. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
  4. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
• EQUALITY & INEQUALITY"


  • "As if a girl of that sort would refuse money." >> suggests that the lower classes are desperate.
  • "Absurd for a girl in her position">> the possessive pronoun 'her' suggests that MRS B is bitter towards her class and has displayed openly her dislike of the lower/working classes.
  • 'position' - is dehumanising Eva from being a person to a category of status in society. -> implies that she's nothing important and that she's only a member of society
• YOUNG & OLD


  -MR & MRS B believe that they are superior due to age > stubborn -> shows their disapproval to change.

  "You seem to have made a great impression on this child, inspector."

  • MRS B also shows dominance over the young, although she lets her husband take more control
• PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY


  MRS B feels that her actions were justified.

  • this is evident when Sybil focuses on the responsibility of the father of Eva's child - when she then realises it's Eric.
  • highlighting her hypocrisy
  • illustrating her view and concept of social responsibility and how it shouldn't apply to her family [at all]
• SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY


  MRS B doesn't have a sense of social responsibility.

  • uses personal prejudices and exploitation of power - ignoring any social responsibility.

  "A girl of that class"

  • thinks working class girls are beneath her & should know their own place