SheilaIndividualistSuck-upEmpatheticCareless ‘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’ TraditionalArthurPatronisingPrejudiced/indi vidualist Weak (staggered) by Gerald’s admission (smiling) to (protesting) ‘girls’/’child’/’boy’‘don’t think we can help’ ‘used her influence’ – no other strength ‘father of the child’ is responsible Tells Inspector of husband’s success – submissive ‘herself to blame’‘deserving cases’ (agitated) (distress) ‘so rude’‘girls of that class’ ‘no – Eric – please’ Use of elipses

InnocentThoughtfulShallowChangeEmpathy ‘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’ ‘you don’t seem to have learnt anything’ (gaily)  (distressed) ‘I’m ashamed’ (hands him the ring) – ‘I’m not a child’ ‘It was cruel and vile PowerfulBluntSocialistMysteriousNo-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) …he sets up eric ‘each of you helped kill her’…’members of one body’ (sigh of relief) ‘amused’ ‘insisted on giving her enough money’

DrunkAnger to parents ChangeGuiltyEmpathy (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’ CapitalistRudeMedia- conscious NaïveUncaring ‘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’