Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Shelia
- 'Now I really feel
engaged'
- Shows how materialistic and superficial
Shelia was at the start of the play and how
she cares about expenses as she feels
engaged after she receives her ring
- 'Last summer when you
never came near me, and I
wondered what had
happened to you'
- Foreshadows what will
happen later on
- creates tension
- shows how Shelia is suspicious but as she's a
woman she cannot voice herself as males are
superior and you shouldn't question them
- 'I told them if they didn't get rid of that girl I would
never go near that place again'
- Shows how demanding and the power Shelia has.
Shows how she uses her social lass to manipulate
others
- 'as if she's been crying'
- Shows she has changed and feels guilty
- Priestley uses Shelia to portray that young people can learn the
lesson social responsibility and so there is hope for the future
to make them look after each other
- can be seen as a product of her
environment as she has been brought up
in a wealthy family in Edwardian England
which would mean it she would have taken
little responsibility for her actions up until
this point
- 'Stop before it's too late'
- shows how her character her grown more mature
since the beginning of the play
- Shows how her confidence has grown as she
even stands up to her mother
- 'It's too soon'
- refuses Geralds engagement
ring which contradicts her
character at the start of the
play
- The growth of her character contrasts her
parents' who represent the older generation and
stick to their ways and refuse to accept
responsibility for their treatment to Eva