Gerald croft

• Who is Gerald croft?

  • Upper class
  • Son of sire George croft
  • Engaged to sheila
  • Bridges the gap between the two generations
  • Around 30 yrs old
• "Gerald, rather embarrassed, begins to murmur some dissent, but Birling checks him"

  • Stage directions
  • Could show that he loves Sheila but is 'marrying down'
  • Creates a sense of awkwardness out of the difference in class divisions
• "You couldn't of done anything else" -p15( when Birling sacks Eva Smith)

  • He is siding with Mr Birling to form a strong relationship
  • or This quote exemplefies Gerald's capitalist views
  • Gerald's views seem to put money first and people second
• "He does not reply. He does not reply but looks up at her"- p26 [when sheila asks him about his involvement with Daisy Renton]

  • He could be refusing his involvement with daisy as it is too painful for him to mention
  • Could show that he thought he could keep his affair a secret to everyone including his fiance
• "It's a favourite haunt of women of the town-" - p34

  • Shows that Gerald is somewhat of a degenerate
  • He is consorting with prostitutes who have a low reputation in 1912
• "I hate those hard-eyed dough-faced women."

  • Shows that he is a mysoginist [woman hater]
  • He hates these women as he deem them not 'attractive enough to him ["hard-eyed" and "dough-faced"]
• "She looked young and fresh and charming and altogether out of place down there"

  • only sees Daisy/Eva due to her apparent good looks
  • Women only have value in Gerald's eyes if they are physically attractive
  • This presents him as vein and sexist
• "[slowly] That man was not a police officer"

  • He says it slowly as he wants everyone to be really clear in what he was saying or maybe he is trying to get a show off moment
  • By saying this line slowly Gerald demands power and attention and a status that many had lost earlier in the play.
  • This is a show off bravado