Gerald Croft

• "I'm rather more-upset-by this business than I probably appear to be"


  Hides his emotions, shows toxic masculinity within society yet still misogynistic and knows how to use his power to manipulate situations

  Hyphens suggest he thought about his emotion->shows he s self aware of others' opinions on him and is worried about his image
• "I hate those hard-eyed dough faced women"


  Collective noun, he cannot see past their status- groups all working class women together

  "Hate"->emphatic, expressing something forcibly
• "everything is alright now"

  he doesn't learn his lesson

  feels calm and relieved to believe the inspector is not real

  shows he doesn't actually take responsibility
• adjectives

  liar

  perceptive

  traditional

  deceitful

  businessman