Stage Directions "Pretty" - Immediately highlights how she values looks, and how society as a whole saw women for their appearance. "Oh look mummy, isnt it a beauty" - Places value on superficial appearance, trapped in the patriarchal bubble. "Hard headed business man" - Sets the scene that men are meant for business, high expectations for Gerald and Eric. "Yes, go on mummy" - Infantalised woman, shows the treatment of girls in the bourgeoisie "Clothes mean something quite different to a woman" - Inspector Goole, suggesting that women are heavily judged on appearance and clothing. "These girls aren't cheap labour - they're people" - Early challenge to both sexism and classism, shows her potential to change. "Dough faced, hard eyed" - Gerald, objectifying women for their looks. Gerald plays a huge part in the patriarchal bubble, forcing both Sheila and Eva to remain in it. "I was sorry for her" - Saviour complex, only cared about her because of their looks. Tries to make his actions look good, but fails to mask it with patriarchy. "I wasn't in love with her or anything" - Emotional detatchment from Eva, proves how he only helped her for his own pleasure. Objectifying women, doesn't really care about their own feelings. "Girls of that class" - Combining both gender and class, shows her prejudiced views and refusal to help a fellow woman. "She was a good sport" - Eric also objectifies Eva, shows how patriarchy is an issue between multiple people, not just Gerald. "You're not the kind of father a chap could go to when he's in trouble" - Strong masculine roles being broken down, Eric doesn't feel like his father protects him as the man in the household. "There are millions and millions of John Smiths and Eva Smiths" - Inspector highlighting how gender isn't the only problem, but instead the treatment of the lower class is as a whole.