Sheila Birling Character
- Created by: ZinaK - Team GR
- Created on: 21-04-13 12:10
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- Miss Sheila Birling
- Different from the rest of her family
- Strong-minded - wise enough to suspect Eric's involvement with Eva and hands Gerald his ring back
- Sheila was more selfish the year before when she abused her status- at the end of the play is more sensible and responsible and changed for good
- Strong-minded - wise enough to suspect Eric's involvement with Eva and hands Gerald his ring back
- At first her language is childish she uses slang like 'squiffy' to remind the audience she is from a younger generation
- she also looks to her mother for approval when Gerald gives her the ring
- But Sheila is not as young as everyone first thinks
- She has wise instincts about Gerald's absence, she knows about prostitutes and Alderman Meggarty she she says to her Father 'I am not a child'
- Sheila has moral standards
- She acknowledges that she used her power against Eva but regrets her actions and is eager to learn from the consequences
- Priestly uses her as a moral judge at the end of the play
- Sheils becomes a bit like the inspector
- She asks Gerald as many questions, reveals Eric's drinking problem . Both she and the inspector suddenly startle the listeners
- Different from the rest of her family
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