Gerlad

• " i drink to you and i hope i can make you as happy as you deserve to be"


  • as the audience we already think Gerlad is guilty of something
  • he does not believe her can remain faithful to Shelia
  • because they are getting married he should already be making happy but he shouldn't be hoping to makes the audience suspicious of him
• " you couldn't of done anything else"


  • Gerlad agrees with Arthur's view on firing Eva
  • again showing how the upper classes treat the lower classes
  • this also shows how different his and Shelia's views are
• " i didn't install her so that i could make love to her"


  • again shows he generally cared for Eva and had true feelings for her unlike the others who turn Eva away and distance themselves
  • he is also trying to convince the inspector he had nothing to do with her now but then admits that he knew her in the past
• " sorry - i well- i've suddenly realised - taken it in properly - that she's dead


  • Gerlad really cared about Eva and therefore felt sad about her tragic death
  • however it could also show how oblivious he is as it has taken him this long to realise and process that Eva is actually dead which indicates his privileged life
  • the dashes in the quote slow down the pace reflecting that he is still processing her death
• " Alderman meggarty is a notouris womaniser and one of the worst sots and rogues in Brumley"


  • shows that anyone can end involved in sandalous behaviour and this should have been a warning that is they didn't change they way they treated the lower class the family would have been part of a scandal
• " you've been put through it and now you want to see someone else be put through it"


  • this suggests that he thinks Shelia wants him to suffer and be put through what she was to find out what he has done
  • Instead Shelia just wants to know the truth about last summer where and why Gerlad didn't come near her
• " there isn't any such inspector we've been had"


  • how he has found the inspector wasn't real his words and actions are now meaningless and non existent
  • he hasn't changed the way he treats the lower class he is just relived that his class position has been saved and there wasn't a public scandal
• " everything is all right now Shelia what about this ring?"


  • Gerlad attempts to erase the events of the evening and believes that he can resume his relationship with Shelia as before showing that he has not learned anything from the Inspector he just assumes that Shelia can trust him again like before