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Gerald Croft - Coggle Diagram
Gerald Croft
Class
Gerald is presented as a "Well-bred young man about town." His appearance and class is what allows him to avoid responsibility for his actions
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"It wasn't disgusting"
Gerald refutes Mrs Birling’s remark about his relationship with Eva being disgusting. Priestley does this to, perhaps, separate Gerald from the older-generation of characters and their traditional classist views.
Responsibility
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"It was inevitable"
He acknowledges the rigidity of the class system, criticising the system that benefits him the most to again avoid responsibility.
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Gender
Calls Sheila "hysteric."
Exploits her position as a woman to "debunk" her points and deem him immune to her arguments as she is female. This shows his inherent misogyny and disrespect towards his fiancé, portraying him as a traditional member of the upper class rather than progressive like Sheila or Eric, aligning him with the old generation.
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Gerald is "Well-bred" and respectable, the Birling's excuse his behaviour quickly because of this, while continuing to criticise Eva's actions and suicide.
Relationship with Eva
Claims Daisy was "out of place", showing he frequents the bar a lot, he often uses prostitutes, shows long-term infidelity, he is not satisfied by Sheila
the fact he gave her money shows there may be more love and affection by the end of their realtionship, in which the only reasons they stopped was the class system
"I didn't install her there to make love to her". Suggests he did want to help her, but this was because he saw as an attractive woman in trouble, suggesting good intentions.
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