Sheila Birling- An Inspector Calls

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  • Sheila Birling
    • Coquettish
      • "Because I was in a furious temper"
        • Acted very spoilt which shows a comparison to the new character she becomes.
      • "Is it the one you wanted me to have?"
        • Sheila falls into the patriarchal society by letting Gerald choose her ring.
      • "I'm sorry, daddy"
        • Abiding the paternalistic views shown by her father- is treated like a child.
      • "very pleased with life and rather excited"
      • "I couldn't be sorry for her"
        • Sheila got jealous of Eva.
    • Independence
      • "don't interfere please father"
        • going against her paternalistic upbringing.
      • "she hands him the ring"
        • sheila is mature and breaks off her engagement.
    • Responsibility
      • "I'll never, never do it again"
        • Sheila can now see what she did wrong is ready to admit her mistakes.
      • "No, not really. It was my own fault"
        • Sheila can now see what she did wrong is ready to admit her mistakes.
      • "If it didn't end tragically, then that's lucky for it. But it might have done"
        • tries teaching her family that their actions have conseq-uences.
      • "you mustn't try to build a kind of wall between us and this girl"
        • realises everyone should take responsibility of each other.
    • Socialist views
      • "But these girls aren't cheap labour- they're people"
      • "It's a rotten shame"
        • Instantly felt sympathy before she even knew her involvement with Eva.
      • "The point is, you don't seem to have learnt anything"
        • emphasising how the upper classes don't want involvement with the lower classes.
    • Relationship with Gerald
      • "We'd have to start all over again"
        • realises her relationship can't be easily fixed.
      • "I'll never let it go out of my sight for an instant"
        • Sheila was ready to commit to Gerald.
      • "It's too soon"
        • Sheila is reluctant to take her ring back.
    • Curiosity
      • "What's this all about"
        • she is intrigued to find out what has happened- unlike Mrs Birling,
      • "There's something I don't understand about you"
        • realises the Inspector is unique and sense mystery.
      • "Were you in love with her"
        • Sheila is intrigued about Gerald's real emotions for Eva.
      • "except for all last summer, when you never came near me"
    • Reaction to the Inspector
      • "Whoever that Inspector was, it was anything but a joke"
        • doesn't find the "bluff" situation amusing and remains  affected by the Inspector.
      • "I remember what he said, How he looked, and what he made me feel"
      • the younger generation are "more impressionable"
      • "he's giving us the rope- so that we'll hang ourselves"
        • is aware of the Inspectors intentions- play on his and her fathers words.

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