Sheila

Sheila

In Act 1 she is superficial, and happy with what she has, however is not as naieve as she appears
1. 'except for all last summer when you never came near me'
2. 'pleased with life'
3. 'mummy'
4. 'I'll start weeping'
5. 'Shelia is still admiring her ring'
  1. Enjoys atttention her engagement brings
6. 'oh how horrible. Was it an accident?'
  1. Naieve to think suicide was an accident. She can't imagine someone having nothing to live for.
She is uncomfortable with conforming with the gender specific roles that her mother seems to accept
1. 'I don't believe I will. So you be careful'
  1. Her resistance suggests she is more progressive than her mother
She feels the most sympathy out of all the Birling's for Eva Smiths death
1. 'Oh how horrible'
2. 'rather distressed'
3. 'What was she like?'
  1. She wants to further sympathise and understand the girl's position reinforcing the idea that she is the first to change
She disagrees with her fathers actions and recognises their possible consequences-Here she starts to mature.
1. 'I think it was a mean thing to do. Perhaps that spoilt everything for her'
2. 'These girls aren't cheap labour-they're people'
3. 'it's a rotten shame'
4. 'I rather respect you'
  1. Although she has a right to be bitter about their relationship, she knows the truth is better-Values are in the right order.
5. 'Don't interfere'
  1. Contrasts to beginning of the play, as she no longer obeys him.
Her actions in firing Eva Smith were petty and thoughtless. She used her position to satisfy her own vanity ,which heightens the change we see in her, as her remorse is such, the audience thinks that she would never do that again
1. 'I'm sorry!'
2. 'If I could help her now I would'
3. 'I'll never do it again to anybody'
4. 'It didn't seem terrible at the time'
  1. Reinforces the idea that actions may have moral consequences despite not seeming very significant at the time
She Embodies the Inspectors principles after he goes. Priestly uses her and Eric to show how the Inspectors message can have affect
1. 'I guess we're all good people now'
  1. She learns to be her wise independent self rather than just play a role in the family
2. 'You don't happen to know all our crimes and idiocies'
  1. Recognises what she did as a crime although it wasn't against the law. Shows how morality and the law are two different things.
3. (rising)
  1. Through Shielas actions he wants audience to realise er views make her superior
4. 'If it didn't end tragically, then that's lucky for us'
  1. Readiness to change Heightens her parents denial as stupid and childish, as well as how easy it would be to change
5. 'You two are being childish'
  1. Roles have been reversed, she takes the social heirarchy

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