Gerald Croft

misogyinist, cares, regards himself highly

‘You’re just the kind..’

‘You’re just the kind of son-in-law I always wanted.’

* Birling views this marriage as a transaction

‘easy, well-bred..’

‘easy, well-bred man-about-town’

* upper class, polite and relaxed

‘I suppose it was inevitable. She..’

‘I suppose it was inevitable. She was young and pretty and warm-hearted-and intensly greatful.’

* shows lack of self control and responsibility

(about Sheila): ‘She’s obviously..’

(about Sheila): ‘She’s obviously had about as much as she can stand’

‘Everything’s all right now..’

‘Everything’s all right now, Sheila. (Holds up the ring.) What about this ring?’

* double standards, now a scandal is averted he wants to resume the engagement, forgetting he abandoned Eva

‘I became at once..’

‘I became at once the most important person in her life- you understand?’

‘I’m rather more- upset- by..’

‘I’m rather more- upset- by this buisness than I probably appear to be’

* stiff upper lip, but is greatly saddened by the death

‘After all, y’know we are..’

‘After all, y’know we are respectable citizens and not criminals.’

* associates class with morality

‘I don’t come..’

‘I don’t come into this suicide buisness.’

* undermines the severity of eva’s death