Gerald Croft

• 'easy well-bred young man-about-town'

  • The idiomatic phrase suggests that Gerald is a fashionable, flourishing socialite.
  • Alternatively, could foreshadow Gerald's unfaithful nature.
• '[approaching her] Now listen, darling' 'he means that im getting hysterical'

  • Tries to use his charm and terms of affection to manipulate sheila as he know it works.
  • Infantalises sheila
  • Way of control in a patriachal society.
  • Gaslighting as a form a control.
• 'My God!'

  '[distressed] Sorry - I- well, I've sufddenly realised - taken it in properly - that she's dead'

  'I'm rather more disturbed by this than I appear to be'

  • Excalamtory sentence - The death has now dawned on him.
  • Infers a moment of realisation and clarity perhaps he may accept his responsibilty.
  • Fractureed speech shows his distress and guilt.
• 'I became at once the most important woman in her life'

  Superlative - Feels fulfilled and needed, accentuates his true agenda in helping Daisy.
• 'Just to make it last longer''Knew it couldn't last'

  • Pragmatically moral
  • Indicates the time she spent with Gerald was the happiest time of her life - Gerald is her hero
  • Alternatively - Gerald is cruel as he just uses Daisy to fulfill his desires and him leaving made her more depressed.
  • Gave her the taste of happiness just strip it from her leaving - leaving Daisy more empty than before.
• 'I hate those hard-eyed dough-faced women.'


  eETW
• 'I felt sorry for her'

  empathy - shows signs of change
• '[ he looks around triumphantly]'

  '[while i was at the house i had some time to cool of a little'

  The exit of Gerald from the setting of the Inspector's socialst influences allows Gerald revert back to initial character, rendering all the progress he made insignificant.
• 'Everything's alright now, sheila [Holds up the ring] about this ring'

  • The ring is symbolic of his cyclical character arc.
  • The ring symbolising infinity represents his static development and his relunctancy to change.
  • The cyclical structure of the proposal emmulates Gerald trying to delude himself into thinking everything is the same and tries to revert back to his normalcy before the Inspector's revelation.