an inspector calls- sheila
- Created by: hollys27
- Created on: 28-12-19 10:27
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- sheila
- 'but these girls aren't cheap labour- their people.'
- for the first time, a Birling is beginning to show understanding or empathy for the working classes and recognises they have rights too.
- the image of these girls as 'cheap labour' makes it seem like machines, simply a tool for the upper-class to use. the plural 'girls' shows they have no individual identity. for the first time, Sheila says they 'aren't' just that- she recognises they have value as individuals and younger characters are beginning to see that all people deserve to be treated fairly
- the noun 'people' has associations with community and responsibility to one another. it is the exact opposite of what Birling was saying earlier in the play and shows a growing generation gap between parents and children.
- 'how could I know what would happen afterwards? if she'd been some miserable plain little creature, I don't suppose I would have done it'
- Sheila is desperate to rid herself of guilt and almost blames and almost blames Eva for being too pretty, as if that justifies her behaviour. it is a highly immature reaction. the noun 'creature' has animalistic associations, until now Sheila thought those beneath her such is Eva, as nothing more than animals.
- the tone of her question shows a desperate need excuse her behaviour. unlike her parents she begins to realise her behaviour has consequences
- the adjectives 'miserable plain little' all emphasise the characteristics Sheila and the birlings assume the working class have-they have no right to being pretty but instead should remain vunrable and easy to manipulate
- 'I'm to blame - and I'm desperately sorry-but I can't believe - I won't believe - it's simply my fault that in the end she - committed suicide'
- Whilst we have no sympathy for Sheila we do see her accept blame and the beginning of a generational split between parents and children
- sheila repeats the pronouns 'I' and 'my' focussing almost entirely on herself- she is still selfishly seeing the situation from her point of view. rather than control speech, her sentence structure is broken and stuttering ,showing her true feelings, contrasting greatly with a somewhat stage speech during the engagement party.
- Use of 'blame' and 'fault' alongside 'sorry' shows the inspector beginning to change the attitude of the younger characters in the play.
- 'I think it was a mean thing to do'
- Sheila one for parents to take responsibility for their actions and reflect her attitude rather than contrast it.
- She takes on priestly's more socialist viewpoint and rejects the capitalist views her father and her family and urges her family to do so also, by taking responsibility forvtheir actions and realising how their behaviour impacts society as a whole.
- 'but these girls aren't cheap labour- their people.'
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