An Inspector Calls – Episode 5: Gerald Croft

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIik4FjPSFI

概要

TLDRIn de video wordt Gerald Croft, een personage uit het toneelstuk 'An Inspector Calls', besproken. Gerald is een man van begin dertig, van hoge klasse en verloofd met Sheila Birling. Hij wordt geïntroduceerd als een charmante en goedgeklede man die bekendstaat in sociale kringen. Tijdens het verloop van het stuk komt zijn affaire met Daisy Renton aan het licht, wat zorgt voor spanningen met Sheila en toont hoe zijn morele tekortkomingen en sociale positie zijn handelen beïnvloeden. Hoewel hij aan het einde probeert de impact van de gebeurtenissen te verminderen, blijft de toekomst met Sheila onzeker.

収穫

  • 🎩 Gerald Croft is portrayed as a well-dressed, upper-class man-about-town who is older than his partner Sheila.
  • 👗 He is described as too masculine to be a dandy, signifying his blend of elegance and masculinity.
  • 👨‍👩‍👦 Mrs. Birling disapproves of Gerald's engagement to Sheila, as it means marrying down the social ladder.
  • 🍽️ Gerald acts as a model guest at dinner, attempting to ingratiate himself with the Birling family.
  • 🚫 Initially, Gerald shows no sympathy for Eva Smith, aligning with Mr. Birling's harsh views on labor rights.
  • 😰 The introduction of 'Daisy Renton' exposes Gerald's secret affair, shaking his confident facade.
  • 💍 His engagement is jeopardized as Sheila reacts to his betrayal by returning his ring.
  • 🤔 Gerald questions the inspector's legitimacy, suggesting the investigation might have been a ruse.
  • 🎭 He wishes to maintain his social standing by discrediting the inspector's findings.
  • ⚖️ The play leaves Gerald's future and his relationship with Sheila unresolved, emphasizing moral ambiguity.

タイムライン

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    In de eerste tijdspanne leren we Gerald Croft kennen, een succesvolle en goedogende man uit een belangrijke familie, die toch met Sheila Birling verloofd is. Dit huwelijk wordt echter afgekeurd door zijn moeder, Lady Croft, omdat het sociaal bedoeld beneden zijn stand is. Ondanks dat Gerald alles heeft, lijkt hij zich prettig te voelen bij de familie Birling, zonder zich te verheffen boven hen. Hij heeft een ontspannen houding, maar is niet geneigd om zijn hogere sociale status uit te spelen, al steunt hij de opvattingen van Mr. Birling over de arbeidersklasse. Hij ziet zichzelf als respectabel en vrij van schuld wanneer het op de zaak van Eva Smith aankomt.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:14:17

    In het tweede deel ontdekken we dat Gerald in het geheim een affaire had met Daisy Renton, wat hij verborgen hield voor Sheila. Zijn façade stort in wanneer de inspecteur de naam Daisy Renton noemt. Hoewel Gerald enige verantwoordelijkheid neemt door eerlijk te zijn over zijn affaire, blijft hij proberen zichzelf te redden, zelfs door te suggereren dat Sheila niet verder ondervraagd moet worden. Hij is niet in staat om te erkennen dat zijn acties Eva's dood hebben veroorzaakt en uiteindelijk probeert hij de rol van de inspecteur in vraag te stellen en de oudere Birlings te overtuigen dat er geen echt bewijs is van een misdrijf. Hij glijdt daarmee terug naar een staat van ontkenning en vermijd verantwoordelijkheid.

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ビデオQ&A

  • Wat gebeurde er tussen Gerald en Daisy Renton?

    Gerald ontmoette Daisy in 1911 en had een zes maanden durende affaire met haar, ondersteund door hem met onderdak en geld.

  • Toont Gerald tekenen van verandering tijdens het toneelstuk?

    Ja, Gerald vertoont geen echte verandering en probeert de situatie aan het einde te bagatelliseren.

  • Wil JB Priestley dat het publiek medelijden heeft met Gerald?

    Waarschijnlijk niet; Priestley benadrukt Gerald's morele tekortkomingen en gebrek aan inzicht in zijn daden.

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  • 00:00:01
    you
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    welcome back to our clique revision
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    series on an inspector calls in this
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    video we're going to be focusing on
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    Gerald Croft we'll look at his
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    background and how he fits into the
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    Burling family before and after the
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    inspectors visit and how he knew Eva
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    Smith or Daisy Renton the she was called
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    by then we'll also take a look at his
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    relationship with Sheila in a little
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    more detail
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    so Gerald Croft is the outsider at the
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    dinner table but he's sitting the Sheila
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    so we know they're a couple
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    Gerald gets the most complicated
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    description at the start of the play but
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    the image of him that JB Priestley is
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    trying to build is really clear once you
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    work out what he's trying to say
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    straight away we can see that Gerald is
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    about 30 so he's a good few years older
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    than Sheila he's described as too manly
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    to be a dandy but very much the
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    well-bred man about town which we can
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    break down a dandy is someone who cares
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    too much about his appearance and is
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    usually foppish and a bit feminine the
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    sort of man who always looks impeccable
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    and Gerald's too manly for that so he's
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    well dressed but still masculine with it
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    well-bred means he comes from an
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    important family making him upper-class
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    and a man about town basically means
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    he's a bit of a playboy he's got a
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    lively social life everybody knows him
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    in all the most popular places so
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    overall he's a successful good-looking
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    man who dresses well and gets on with
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    everyone and all the girls probably
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    swoon when he walks into a room yet he's
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    together with Sheila and we have to
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    presume Gerald cares about her because
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    we know his mother isn't pleased with
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    the engagement mr. Birling tells Gerald
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    I have an idea that your mother lady
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    Croft while she doesn't object to my
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    girl feels you might have done better
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    for yourself socially which means that
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    Gerald is marrying down the social
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    ladder and his mother disapproves if we
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    think back to mr. burling's excitement
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    at Burling and company joining up with
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    crops limited we know that crops limited
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    is the much bigger company so it's fair
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    to say that Gerald doesn't have as much
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    to gain from it as mr. Birling so
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    overall Sheila seems like a very lucky
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    girl even if Gerald does have to spend a
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    lot of his time working hard for the
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    family business but back to the dinner
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    table and Gerald is being the model
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    guest he's polite he's smiling and he
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    says I insist on being one of the family
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    now
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    I've been trying long enough haven't I
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    which shows he's relaxed and comfortable
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    Gerald is at this point quite contempt
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    with himself and unlike mr. Burley who
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    boasts about everything and tries to
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    make himself appear more upper-class
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    Gerald openly admits to not knowing
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    anything about poor and doesn't take a
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    cigar because he can't really enjoy them
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    he's upper-class without pretension he
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    doesn't have to make an effort to be
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    posh
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    this also means he hasn't had to work
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    very hard in order to make a good
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    impression on mr. and mrs. Birling
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    because he's their social superior and
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    they both really want the marriage to go
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    ahead
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    he's even comfortable enough to make a
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    couple of jokes to mr. Birling you might
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    notice that these lines especially
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    calling the burling's and nice
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    well-behaved family hint at the nasty
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    secrets that the Burling family has
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    buried but that doesn't mean Gerald's
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    suspicious of them in fact he's laughing
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    because the idea of the Burling family
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    being hit by a public scandal is so
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    unlikely people like the Burling simply
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    don't have that happen to them Gerald is
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    also teasing Erica because apparently
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    everyone in the village of Bromley knows
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    about Eric's drinking problem except mr.
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    and mrs. Birling however Gerald still
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    recognises the rules of social behavior
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    and doesn't want to offend his new
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    in-laws when the inspector arrives and
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    begins his questions gerald at first
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    tries to join in asking to see the
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    inspectors photograph but once mr.
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    birnley's interrogation begins he asked
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    wouldn't you rather I was out of this
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    suggesting that he feels uncomfortable
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    witnessing mr. Birling being
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    interrogated
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    he's also surprised when the inspector
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    asked him to stay so he can assume he
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    was hoping just to say goodnight and
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    sneak out the door at this point however
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    as he's staying he offers support to mr.
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    Birling and basically agrees with
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    everything his new father-in-law says he
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    criticizes working class factory girls
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    saying they wouldn't be able to afford
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    to go on strike he agrees with mr.
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    Birling that he was right to sack eva
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    smith and he agrees with mr. Birling
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    that factory workers shouldn't be
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    allowed to fight for better pay and
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    working conditions but interestingly he
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    also sides with mr. Birling against both
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    Sheila and the inspector if we look at
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    these lines we can see that gerald
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    believes Burling did the right thing by
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    firing either Smith and is trying to
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    protect mr. Birling either from the
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    inspectors questions or Sheila looking
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    at him a bit funny but we can also see
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    that Gerald isn't just a sheep and there
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    he actually has strong opinions he's
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    also not afraid to use his hi class to
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    get what he wants as we can see when he
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    tries to stand up to the inspector
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    at this point in the play Gerald does
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    not show sympathy for the dead girl
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    we're respectable citizens not criminals
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    he says as if someone who is respectable
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    could never commit a crime so clearly he
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    is more concerned with the reputation of
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    the Burling family and hiding beneath
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    his wealth and family name than he is
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    with Eva Smith the last line here
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    fortunately it isn't left to you as it
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    is particularly pointed Gerald is
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    telling in spectacle but it isn't left
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    to him to draw the line between good
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    people and criminals because that sort
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    of moral decision is made by the people
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    in society with all the power the upper
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    class people Gerald is basically telling
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    the inspector to recognize his place in
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    the social hierarchy and not get ideas
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    above his station so this is the point
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    when Gerald is at his most confident his
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    most puffed up and he's standing up to
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    the inspector the most here it's the
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    moment where he is most like mr. and
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    mrs. Birling and it's also the moment
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    when everything falls apart for him
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    because it's right about now that in
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    spectacle first mentions the name Daisy
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    Renton Gerald Croft first met Daisy
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    Renton in March 1911 just over a year
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    before the play is set and two months
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    after she was sacked by mill woods and
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    changed her name from Eva Smith
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    he had an affair with her until
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    September 1911 so they were seeing each
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    other for about six months
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    time Daisie moved into a vacant
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    apartment belonging to one of Gerald's
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    friends and he gave her money regularly
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    to support herself he also told Sheila
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    he was too busy at work to see her when
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    he was actually spending the majority of
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    his free time with his new mistress in
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    September Gerald had to go away on
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    business and he ended the relationship
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    it's April 1912 now so Gerald has been
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    holding on to this secret for a year and
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    presumably proposed to Sheila and began
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    arranging a wedding with that knowledge
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    weighing on his conscience
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    however like mrs. Birling he is able to
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    avoid judging himself because he is
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    upper-class and is used to getting away
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    with it we can actually see a change in
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    Gerald's character at the moment he
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    first hears the name Daisy Renton his
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    facade his wall of respectability just
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    collapses in front of him and he's
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    unable to hide his shock it is clear
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    that Gerald knew the girl not just to
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    the audience but to everyone in the room
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    the stage direction show that he does a
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    rubbish job of hiding his surprise and
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    from his instant request for a glass of
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    whiskey and Sheila's wordless reaction
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    to that it's clear that she can see
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    straight through him as well nonetheless
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    Gerald still tries to deny it and even
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    when he's been rumbled he acts in a
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    cowardly way and begged Sheila to help
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    him hide the truth from the inspector
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    let's have a look at this exchange
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    between the two of them
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    what's evident is that despite his shock
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    Gerald doesn't feel like his actions
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    could have caused Eva Smith's death he
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    says I don't come into this suicide
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    business even after he's seen Sheila
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    blaming herself as something that
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    happened earlier at this point he has
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    the choice between coming clean to
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    Sheila and everyone else or trying to
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    worm his way out of the situation this
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    is what he says inspector I think miss
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    Burling ought to be excused any more of
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    this questioning she's nothing more to
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    tell you she's had a long exciting and
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    tiring day we were celebrating our
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    engagement you know and now she's
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    obviously had about as much as she can
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    stand you've heard her basically Gerald
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    is trying to push the focus of the room
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    on to Sheila here and to get her out of
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    the room to protect himself at the same
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    time not only is this condescending and
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    rather sexist but it results in him
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    actually being mean to Sheila as he
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    tries to defend himself this passage is
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    a great example of how the inspector
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    turns the burling's against one another
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    without actually doing very much but it
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    also shows how immature Gerald is under
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    the surface he'll do anything at this
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    point to deflect attention away from his
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    affair once he buckles and opens up to
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    the inspector Gerald is fairly honest
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    about the situation but because he's a
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    cheated on Sheila and be just been mean
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    to her Gerald has to undergo his
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    interrogation with Sheila making snide
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    sarcastic remarks at every available
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    opportunity
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    he's also forced to give the sordid
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    details of his affair in front of his
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    mother and father-in-law so he's well
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    out of his comfort zone at this point
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    and clearly uncomfortable
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    Jerald described Daisy Renton as a girl
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    who looked quite different she was very
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    pretty soft brown hair and big dark eyes
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    and looked young and fresh and charming
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    and all together out of place
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    furthermore when he met her she was
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    being sexually assaulted by Oldman mega
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    tea a respected upper-class member of
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    society so it gave Gerald a chance to
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    rescue her and look like a hero which he
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    admits he enjoyed but there is also a
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    genuine sense of pity in the way he
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    describes Daisy Renton Gerald tells the
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    inspector that he insisted Daisy move
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    into his friend's empty lodgings and
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    take some money which as we've
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    established is how JB Priestley feels
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    that all upper-class people deal with
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    all their problems but he does say that
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    he felt sorry for her and clearly felt
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    at the time like he was doing a good
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    thing as though perhaps he were acting
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    with some sort of misguided social
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    conscience however is also clear that
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    Gerald ended the relationship and that
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    Daisy Renton took it better than I'd
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    hoped she was very gallant about it
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    nonetheless Sheela appears to respect
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    Gerald for his honesty
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    despite her continued sarcastic remarks
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    and the fact she is clearly hurt by
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    Gerald's betrayal saying and now at
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    least you've been honest furthermore
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    Gerald is not surprised when Sheela
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    gives him back his engagement ring and
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    says I was expecting this which at least
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    tells us on some level that you never
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    thought he would get away with it now
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    this doesn't help Sheela obviously
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    especially since after their initial
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    shock her parents are quick to gloss
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    over the affair mr. Birling even says
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    now Sheela I'm not defending him but you
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    must understand that a lot of young men
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    which would look to a lot of people like
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    he's trying to defend Gerald even if he
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    says he isn't so at this point Gerald is
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    in a horrible position he goes out to
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    get some air
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    knowing his fiancee doesn't trust him
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    and has returned his engagement ring his
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    mother-in-law thinks he's disgusting and
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    that the girl he had an affair with just
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    killed herself at this point he has the
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    choice whether to apologize to Sheila
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    and try to make amends for his behavior
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    or try to wriggle out of the situation
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    unfortunately for him and the burling's
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    he chooses to try and wriggle out of it
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    when he returns he's ready to rebuild
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    that wall of respectability by
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    discrediting the inspectors version of
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    events Gerald is the person who reveals
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    that in spectacle wasn't too
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    officer which causes mr. Birling to
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    concoct his elaborate theory that the
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    whole evening has been some sort of
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    practical joke
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    this immediately signs him back with the
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    older burling's and away from Sheila and
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    Eric who at this point are still
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    extremely remorseful here are just some
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    of the questions Gerald throws into the
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    air to confuse the burling's memory of
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    events but is it the fact did we who
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    says so because I say there's no more
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    real evidence we did than there was that
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    chap was a police inspector but how do
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    you know it's the same girl how do you
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    know it's the same photograph did you
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    see the one your father looked at and
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    did your father see the one he showed
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    you now what happened after I left did
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    anybody else see it and how do we know
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    she was really either Smith or Daisy
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    Renton did he ask you to identify a
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    photograph Eric how do we know any girl
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    killed herself today he asks a lot of
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    questions and as Sheila takes on the
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    role of inspector and tries to force her
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    family to see the wrong they have done
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    gerald almost takes on the opposite role
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    and tries to show to the burling's how
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    nothing that has happened throughout the
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    evening could actually matter
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    because by this point Gerald has the
  • 00:12:55
    most to lose by believing the inspectors
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    story at the end of the play we don't
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    know what will happen between Gerald and
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    Sheila but it's clear that Gerald is
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    prepared to slide back with mr. and mrs.
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    Birling and brush the whole affair under
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    the carpet
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    thanks for watching that's everything on
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    Jerrold for now our next video will
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    focus on Erik Burley but we'd recommend
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    attempting to write a few sentences in
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    answer to each of these questions before
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    you move on
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    question 1 what took place between
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    Gerald and Daisy Renton try to answer
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    clearly an in chronological order
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    question two does Gerald show any signs
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    of change or development throughout the
  • 00:13:45
    play
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    question three do you think JB Priestley
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    wants the audience to feel sorry for
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    Gerald try to refer to specific moments
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    or lines from the play to support your
  • 00:13:58
    opinions
  • 00:14:07
    you
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  • Gerald Croft
  • Sheila Birling
  • An Inspector Calls
  • Daisy Renton
  • social class
  • affaire
  • moraliteit
  • inspecteur
  • familiestatus
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