Insightful exploratory response to task Insightful exploratory response to text Close analysis of detail to support interpretation Evaluation on the writer’s use of language and/or

structure and effect on audience Convincing/imaginative interpretation of ideas/themes

Mr. Frammingham (characters) & Mrs. Griffifths (themes) will be offering further support on AIC on Tuesdays

Mr. Gooda will be offering an early introduction to Wikispaces on Wednesday after school (Wikispace Wednesday in E1). I’ll be putting all resources and a selection of past exams on Wikispaces leading up to the exam. I feel this will be valuable

I’ll also be offering drop in sessions every day from here to the literature exams for anyone who would like extra support from 3:00-4:30

Please let me know if you’re planning on taking advantage of these sessions

Avoid This Feeling on the Exam(s)

Everything we discuss today (and in subsequent lessons) will be available for your revision needs in the Wikispace

It’s more important that you jot down the most important information but do not feel the need to write everything down

It’s better to follow the discussion rather than fill your sheets with notes

Gerald Croft is an attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young-man-about-town

Key Question◦ If old is bad and young is good – how do we

reconcile Gerald?

Agrees with almost everything that Birling says◦ What does this suggest about him?

Has an affair with Daisy Renton◦ Was considered socially acceptable, although

not really publicized◦ Tells Sheila that it’s ‘over and done with last

summer.’ Suggests finality Suggests scandal if it got out

Tries to usher Sheila out of the room to ‘protect’ her from the news of Daisy (as does Mrs. B and Mr. B), really just to protect himself◦ Hypocrisy◦ IG points out that he took advantage of an unprotected Daisy Renton

Admits he “adored” being loved by Daisy◦ Another form of cheap labour?

Daisy fell in love with Gerald out of gratitude and dependency◦ She loved being taken care of (not in a selfish way)◦ Highlights the inequity between the genders in 1910s society◦ Gerald could discard her and move on, but for Daisy “there’d never be

anything as good again” Never in a superlative, suggests finality, also foreshadows her

ultimate fate

Gerald’s likely the most complex character◦ Goole is pretty easy on him relatively speaking ◦ Is it because he made Eva happy?

He’s a more polished version of Eric◦ He doesn’t go to the same moral depths of Eric◦ He’s also able to keep it all a secret

He’s an outsider

“Everything’s all right now, Sheila.”◦ He’s learned very little once the

Inspector’s identity is called into question

◦ Offers Sheila the ring back◦ He’s the lost character who saw the

light and then stepped back

In his early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive◦ (Does this again foreshadow Eric’s turn?)

Embarrassed and awkward◦ SD – Eric suddenly guffaws

Always running away ◦ Out of the Dining room in Act I◦ Out of the house in Act II◦ Running away from problems and expectations

Hard drinker◦ Another way of running away

Much like Sheila, argues for higher wages – shows a moral compass◦ “Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?◦ Points out the hypocrisy of the Birlings wanting higher prices (and

profits) while sacking those looking to improve their condition (higher wages)

Provides an emotional response to the death of Eva Smith (unlike Sybil and Arthur)

Feels guilt and frustration with himself over the relationship with the girl◦ “Oh – my God! – how stupid it all is!”

Sense of responsibility◦ Chooses loyalty over honesty but to his unborn child, not his father◦ Is Eric socially aware or is he actually acutely selfish?

Provides but by giving money that’s not his Socialist act but it’s theft

Birling yells at Eric but Eric retorts “I don’t give a damn now.”◦ NOW is the key word◦ Signifies a change

Is very much the opposite of his father – Mr. B can’t stop making speeches but Eric is rather short with his words◦ You know, don’t you?

Abuses his position to get Eva/Daisy to sleep with him◦ He’ll cause a row if she doesn’t let him in

Regrets his actions but his language shows immaturity◦ Refers to her as “a good sport” and “pretty”

His actions are come down on harder than Gerald’s – why?◦ Gerald was able to have an affair without creating a

scandal◦ Gerald’s affair doesn’t relate directly to them◦ Eric’s fathered a child

Eric’s behaviour at dinner interrupts the polite conversation going on – this foreshadows the way his reckless behaviour will disrupt the illusion of their family dynamic◦ His delivery mirrors/foreshadows the revelations yet

to come in the play “The fact remains that I did what I did”

◦ Although he has the lowest morals of the piece, he then regrets his mistakes and learns from them

◦ We do see him as sympathetic towards the end

EOP – Fully aware of his social responsibility and realises the importance of the dead girl (albeit pregnant with his child)◦ “We did her in all right”

Not quite the harbinger of change that Sheila is but still represents the hope for progress in the younger generation

Gender◦ Sybil, Eva/Daisy, Sheila (role of women)◦ Mr. Birling & Gerald vs. Mrs. Birling/Sheila (men vs. women)◦ Separate spheres (business & social), different strokes for

different folks (extra-marital affairs), Upsetting the system (The Sheila factor)

Class◦ Sybil & Arthur, Eva, Eric & Sheila (Rich, Poor, Hybrid)

Social Responsibility◦ Public Men & Women, The Helpless, The Social Conscience

Honesty vs. Loyalty vs. Duty

Insightful exploratory response to task Insightful exploratory response to text Close analysis of detail to support interpretation Evaluation on the writer’s use of language and/or

structure and effect on audience Convincing/imaginative interpretation of ideas/themes