gerald asserte his role as a protector and arbiter of sheilas emotions
whats the anayls of the qoute
the modal verb "insist" and the possessive pronoun "one" carries force and entitlement how hes forcing sheila into being his, giving her no other choice to be with him, showing his class based and male power that 1912 men had
the infinitive phrase "to make you happy" cast sheila as a passive object of his. the declarative skmple syntax masks an authortian underpinning
whats the alternate interpretation
it could be viewed that the verb "insist foreshadows geralds later inability to control event. his confidence is a facde that collapses under moral scrutiny
what is the writers intention
priestleys dramatizes how patrichalprivilege conflates love with owner ship critiquing upper class gender dynamics.
whats the ilpact on audience
fresh from war time shifts in gender roles, viewers would sense unease at geralds attiidute mirroring debates over women continuing place in society.
