Sheila Birling
- Created by: revisingrn2022
- Created on: 12-05-22 10:46
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- Sheila Birling
- Lives in a bubble
- The setting never changes
- she is sheltered by her parents
- 'there isn't the slightest reason why my daughter should be dragged into this unpleasant business.
- Priestley initially presents her as immature/ superficial
- Oh-its wonderful! Look- Mummy- isn’t it a beauty? Oh - darling -
- 'mummy' - childlike colloquialism
- 'If she'd been some miserable plain little creature, I don't suppose I’d have done it. But she was very pretty and looked as if she could take care of herself. '
- Oh-its wonderful! Look- Mummy- isn’t it a beauty? Oh - darling -
- '(pretty girl in her early twenties)'
- progresses from a naïve innocent girl to a more mature girl with an understanding of the real world
- First she was playful, self-centred
- 'very pleased with life.'
- accepts the guilt and changes
- first to accept the blame
- "I know I’m to blame – and I’m desperately sorry"
- first to accept the blame
- open to changing attitudes on society and wealth.
- represents the younger generation.
- the inspector points out that the younger generation is 'impressionable'
- Priestley created Sheila to demonstrate hope and change in the younger generation
- the inspector points out that the younger generation is 'impressionable'
- represents the younger generation.
- Sheila has a social awakening
- views her parents and Gerald from a totally new perspective
- ' The point is, you don’t seem to have learnt anything.'
- views her parents and Gerald from a totally new perspective
- First she was playful, self-centred
- 'But these girls aren’t cheap labour – they’re people.'
- voices tentative socialist views
- pronoun 'they' shows detachment
- function ; to support the inspector's ideas and investigation.
- inspectors proxy
- Lives in a bubble
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