An Inspector Calls - Sheila Birling

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  • An Inspector Calls: Sheila Briling
    • Description
      • "pretty girl in her early twenties"
        • Young, immature and naïve
      • "very pleased with life and rather excited"
        • recently engaged
    • Relationships
      • Childish relationships with her parents
        • "mummy" "daddy"
          • Young, immature and naïve
      • Love-hate relationship with Eric
        • "She's got a nasty temper sometimes- but she's not bad really"
    • Position in society
      • Middle class woman
        • powerful
          • "so you used the power you had...to punish the girl"
      • If she hadn't met the Inspector, she may have become like her mother
        • Shows hope for the future as the younger generations take on board the idea of change
          • Changing so everyone is responsible for each other
            • including the working class and women
              • If she hadn't met the Inspector, she may have become like her mother
                • Shows hope for the future as the younger generations take on board the idea of change
                  • Changing so everyone is responsible for each other
                    • including the working class and women
      • Responsibility
        • Eventually accepts responsibility
          • At first she isn't aware of her social responsibility
        • "(miserably) so I'm really responsible"
          • Priestley uses Sheila to show the audience how people can change to accept responsibility

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