Gerald Croft 5 PP Sheila Individualist Suckup Empathetic

Gerald Croft 5 PP: Sheila Individualist Suck-up Empathetic Careless ‘awfully busy’ ‘rather I was out of this? ’ ‘you’re right’ (startled) when hearing Daisy Renton ‘they’d be all broke’ (working class) ‘listen, darling’ ‘can’t help you’ Agrees that because inspector is fake, all difference is made (distressed) ‘inevitable’ that Daisy = mistress ‘women of the town’ ‘don’t come into this’ ‘I’ll just go out’ (triumphantly) (troubled tone) ‘everything’s all right now’ Traditional Arthur Patronising Prejudiced Weak Mrs Birling Traditional Arthur (staggered) by Gerald’s admission ‘father of the child’ is responsible ‘so rude’ 5 PP: Patronising Prejudiced/indi vidualist Weak (smiling) to (protesting) ‘girls’/’child’/’boy’ ‘don’t think we can help’ ‘used her influence’ – no other strength Tells Inspector of husband’s success – submissive ‘herself to blame’ ‘deserving cases’ (agitated) (distress) ‘girls of that class’ ‘no – Eric – please’ Use of elipses

Sheila Birling Innocent Thoughtful Shallow Change Empathy 5 PP: Innocent Thoughtful Shallow Change Empathy ‘a pretty girl…excited’ ‘I must think’ ‘pretty? ’ ‘Daddy’ ‘Father’ – ‘stop it please’ ‘they’re people’ ‘don’t you see? ’ ‘oh darling’ (about the ring) ‘As if we were responsible’ ‘between us we killed her’ ‘yes, I suppose so’ (gaily) (distressed) ‘I’m ashamed’ (hands him the ring) – ‘I’m not a child’ ‘It was cruel and vile ‘you don’t seem to have learnt anything’ Inspector Goole 5 PP: Powerful Blunt Socialist Mysterious No-nonsense Lighting goes harsh. ‘Quite so’, ‘yes’, (dryly) ‘one person…at a time’ ‘wasn’t a police officer’ (cutting through) (massiveness, solidity and purposefulness) ‘did something terribly wrong’ ‘chain of events’ ‘girl’s still dead’ (harshly) (taking charge) ‘doesn’t make [responsibility] any less yours’ ‘don’t understand you’ ‘Stop!’ (deliberately) ‘each of you helped kill her’…’members of one body’ (sigh of relief) ‘amused’ ‘insisted on giving her enough money’ …he sets up eric

Eric Birling 5 PP: Drunk Anger Change Guilty Empathy Drunk Anger to parents Change Guilty Empathy (guffaws) (bitterly) ‘has to look after himself’ (uneasy) ‘girl’s still dead’ (noisily) (sulkily) ‘would have let her stay’ Use of dashes (miserable) ‘steady the buffs!’ ‘you killed her…my child’ ‘Sheila’s right’ ‘You know, don’t you? ’ ‘not likely to forget’ ‘what does [knighthood] matter now? ’ ‘insisted on giving her enough money’ Arthur Birling 5 PP: Capitalist Rude Media-conscious Naive Uncaring Capitalist Rude Mediaconscious Naïve Uncaring ‘lower costs and higher prices’ ‘I ought to warn you’ ‘ex-lord’ ‘unsinkable’ Wouldn’t raise salary ‘cranks’ ‘not doing her work properly’ ‘public scandal’ (war) ‘fiddlesticks’ ‘every excuse’ for what he did ‘community and all that nonsense’ ‘You’re the one I blame’ ‘don’t…start a scandal’ (triumphantly) when sees that inspector is fake ‘can’t accept any responsibility ‘child’ ‘a public man’ ‘take your mother along’