Eva Smith/Daisy Renton - An Inspector Calls - AQA English Literature

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Hint	Answer
Why was she sacked from Birling and Co?	Leading a strike for better pay
What shop did Sheila get her sacked from?	Milwards
Who got her pregnant?	Eric Birling
What does she symbolise?	The suffering of the lower classes
What is she a victim of?`	Patriarchal society/class inequality
What is the significance of the surname 'Smith'?	It is so common that her story could have happened to anyone
Why is her identity not revealed?	So that she is a symbol of oppressed working class people
What did Mr Birling see her as?	'Cheap Labour'

Hint	Answer
What did Gerald see her as?	"I wasn't in love with her or anything - but I liked her - she was pretty and a good sport”
What did Eric see her as?	"young and fresh and charming and altogether out of place down here"
What was Eva towards Gerald?	"intensely grateful"
What does her no voice represent?	The thousands of working class without a voice - just like those in the strike
What was she not in Mrs Birlings eyes?	a "deserving case"
What is said about girls in the same scenario as Eva by Mrs Birling?	"a girl of that sort would not ever refuse money"
How did she die?	Suicide, by disenfectant, she "died in misery and agony - hating life"