Gerlad

• ”after all, y’know, we’re respectable citizens and not dangerous criminals“


  The adjective ‘dangerous‘ distance him from the working class as believe only the working class are damaging to society.
• Gerald is the idealised husband and son in law as his financial security and high social status and chooses the engagement ring himself which makes him look caring and thoughtful and has a gentle and humble attitude ‘ I don’t pretend to know much about it‘
• [An attractive chap about thirty rather to manly to be dandy but very much the easy well bread young man-about-town]


  Gerald is physically attractive privilege and is content and confident in his masculinity ’to manly to be dandy’ foreshadow how his hyper masculinity and how he treats women.’easy well bred young man about town‘ this idiomatic phrase suggest he a socialite Foreshadow he unfaithful nature as he goes to the palace bar
• “I hate those hard-eyed dough face women”


  Gerald is an experienced Micheton as this opinion can only come from a Place of experience however Eva was ‘out of place‘ show how he’s been socailised and familiarity to using prostitution evident as his vivid description
• “Young and Fresh and charming and altogether out of place down there” 


  Relationship is predatory and intrinsically unequal. Adjective ‘fresh’ connote of desire and fertility her purity show her sinless nature.
• “She was pretty-soft brown hair and big dark eyes -(breaks of) My god!”


  Only cares about eva as his lustful desire by underlying words priestly uses aposiopesis ( break of speech) after reading Eva beauty show he only feel attracted to Eva physically and felt biggest grief remembering her physical beauty
• ” I’d like to be alone to … remember “ 


  Gerald has a dramatic exit he echos Eva desire to be away from him “be alone be quiet to remember all that happened“ perhaps preistly implying Gerlad and Eva both care for each other beyond the physical levels as before he leaves questioned “ were you in love with her ?“ or maybe he feeling guilt
• “ young fresh women should be protected from unpleasant and disturbing things“


  Gerald constantly excludes women voices thus quote is ironic as Eva was exposed to such thing by him
• Materialism light as he helped Eva through financial aid however it was not Gerald ending of funding that killed Eva but his lack of caring as he drops Eva like a possession as she “knew it couldn’t last“ and keeps her with semantic flied of business “ installed her “ in “tiny rooms”