 Now let's examine key quotations and word-level analysis when it comes to Gerald Croft's character now in contrast to Eric and Sheila He actually belongs to the younger generation, but he is resistant to change also bear in mind that unlike the rest of the Burling family, he's actually an outsider. However socially speaking, he comes from a upper class aristocratic family So therefore perhaps one of the reasons why he's not so open to change is because his class would be most affected Negatively in terms of the redistribution of wealth and how this would change and impact his class now in terms of quotations There are really three main quotations to remember for his character The first is when he's saying we're respectable citizens and not criminals and there's a note of irony here because actually All of them including himself do things that ultimately lead to the death of Eva Smith or Daisy Renton as he meets her And she's a lady of the night and obviously the irony behind this statement is that actually he's among One of the immoral people and some of his acts in terms of exploiting women like Daisy Renton could actually amount to an act of criminality Now the word-level analysis you want to do for this quotation is the literation and the adjectives So firstly, you've got the adjective respectable. Of course, this is priestly Being ironic here actually of Gerald Croft through his actions They are far from respectable and of course also you've got a literation of see for citizens and criminals again What priestly is hinting is actually how the Burling family and even Gerald Croft treated Eva Smith Slash Daisy Renton that amounts to an act of criminality The second quotation for Gerald Croft is when he states I was awfully busy at the works Okay, and this is when he's justifying why he didn't see Sheila the previous summer and of course here He is lying and this is a declarative sentence in terms of word-level analysis Of course what this shows us is contrary to how even Gerald Croft sees himself He is not an entirely honest person and of course what this shows us is that he is one of the characters that Symbolizes and represents the hypocrisy of the upper-class society in Edwardian England The final quotation for Gerald Croft is when he says I was sorry for her when he's talking about how he used money And he also Used his friend's place in order to provide Daisy Renton with a place to live now What you want to focus on in terms of one level analysis is the contrast in pronouns I versus her and what this shows is Gerald Croft sees himself as somewhat superior to Eva Smith Of course also what this illustrates to us is that he is trying to paint himself as a savior when really he was Exploiting Eva, okay And so you want to look at this contrast in pronouns and of course this contrast and pronouns him versus her This is also contrast in classes and he's aware of the power and the privilege that he enjoys being part of Edwardian aristocracy So that's it when it comes to Gerald Croft's character and the key quotations and the word-level analysis to do with his character