eva smith

Question 1

what does eva smith represent

Answer 1

• working class Edwardian workforce and demonises other classes
• female workforce

Question 2

the tragedy of eva smith

Answer 2

women have the most to gain but don’t have the power to do so as they have no economic independence

Question 3

“million and millions of eva smith and john smiths”

Answer 3

• used to represent the female work force so they reject the lack of power they had and vote labour
• repetition+hyperbole emphasis on the faceless nameless mass she’s insignificant in

Question 4

eve

Answer 4

biblical connotations
~> women of every class are exploited
-sybil and Sheila

Question 5

renton

Answer 5

• she’s used and exploited “rented”
• her relationship with gerald was essentially rent “she knew it wouldn’t last”
• ironic Gerard is rich and get doesn’t pay for a room

Question 6

disinfectant

Answer 6

• the effect on the next generation and shows poverty is inescapable 
• priestley = disgust
• wants to be cleansed hence the choice

Question 7

“she had been pretty very pretty”

Answer 7

-she had a lot to live for
- youth and emotive the audience would feel more sympathy for a pretty girl
past perfect tense her life is over and was a waste

Question 8

“young and pretty and warm and intensely grateful”

Answer 8

• idealised character
• martyr
• unrealistically a pure source of goodness
• noble

Question 9

“didn’t want me to marry her said i didn’t love her”

Answer 9

• most moral character
• could of fixed her life
• lowest class highest morals

Question 10

“good sport”

Answer 10

• objectified
• played her for their own amusement
• treated her life with a lack of care