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The comment
degrades
and dehumanises Sheila as a "
GIRL OF THAT CLASS
"
Younger
characters are more susceptible to accepting
responsibility
, while older ones refuse to change
J.B. Priestley was born in
Bradford
and saw the effects of
poverty
and living conditions on people
Priestley's values of
socialism
were influenced by his experiences
growing
up
"She was the most beautiful girl I ever saw, she had everything that
money
could buy except character." - Eric about
Daisy
"
I'm not going to be bullied by a lot of women
" -
Gerald
Gender
stereotypes tend to be
overruled
, as
confidence
increases as she
challenges male authority
more
Sexist
and
superficial
comments are made by
basing women
off his own
standard
A lot of young men
Must understand that
Birling
takes
no responsibility
Mrs. Birling
thinks she is not absolutely
ashamed
Eric
used his
influence
to have it
removed
English society
was divided into
classes
,
bourgeoisie
and
plebian class
who often
struggled
to
survive
The term "
girls
of that
class
" is
degrading
and
dehumanizing
Mrs. Birling
said what any
employer
would have done
Younger
characters are more
susceptible
to
accepting responsibility
, while
older
ones refuse to
change
Mrs Birling
should think (not, I'm absolutely
ashamed
of you and used my influence to have it refused)
Eric says it's better to try for
higher wages
than to
starve
Gender stereotypes
start to be overruled, Sheila's
confidence
increases as she challenges male authority
There are more
hard-eyed
,
down-faced
women
Priestley was especially appalled at the period between WWI and
WWII
since it brought widespread
poverty
Younger
characters are more susceptible to accepting
responsibility
, while older ones refuse to change
The
older characters
are turning
a blind eye
to any chance of accepting responsibility
The older character tells the younger one to be
quiet
and stop pretending that
nothing
happened
I
think
she had only
herself
to
blame
Mrs birling
I
didn’t
nothing I’m
ashamed
of
Mrs B
I
accept
no
blame
at all
Mrs b
Fricative allitération
Répétition
of words ff
vv
or ph
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