Sheila Birling- An Inspector Calls
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- Created on: 03-04-17 16:41
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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.
- "Because I was in a furious temper"
- Independence
- "don't interfere please father"
- going against her paternalistic upbringing.
- "she hands him the ring"
- sheila is mature and breaks off her engagement.
- "don't interfere please father"
- 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.
- "I'll never, never do it again"
- 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.
- "We'd have to start all over again"
- 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"
- "What's this all about"
- 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.
- "Whoever that Inspector was, it was anything but a joke"
- Coquettish
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