Gender Roles
What were men and women expected to do?
Men were supposed to work and provide for the family. Women were supposed to take care of the house and family.
“She was very pretty- soft brown hair and big dark eyes”
Eric
Who is head of the Birling household?
Mr Birling
Inspector Google is investigating the death of a young girl named Eva Smith. How does the inspector say she died?
Drank disinfectant
What were rich and poor women seen as?
All a rich woman could do was get married and all a poor woman were seen as cheap.
"“We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other"
Inspector Google
Who is Arthur Birling's wife and right from the opening of the play?
Mrs Sybil Birling
Daisy Renton
What was Eva Smith seen as?
Cheap labour.
“Everythings alright now Sheila”
Gerald
Who is Arthur and Sybil's daughter and is in her early twenties. At the start of the play she is celebrating her engagement to Gerald Croft and she is a giddy, and childish young lady.
Where did Gerald meet Eva?
The Bar of the Palace Music Hall
How were women typically viewed by men?
They were seen as house wives, treated very badly and were expected to obey men.
“We really must stop these silly pretences”
Shelia
Who is the Birlings' son and is in his early twenties, he is described as being 'not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive'.
Eric
Who first discovers that there is no Inspector Google on the Brumley police force?
Gerald
What normally happened to an employed woman after she was married?
Expected to leave their job peacefully, go home and be a house wife.
“Girls of that class”
Mrs Birling
Who was described as 'an attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town'.
Gerald
Who is the alcoholic?
Eric