The character of Sheila Birling - An Inspector Calls
- Created by: Elliot
- Created on: 17-04-18 18:00
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- Sheila Birling
- Role in the play
- By the end, Sheila represents the people in the 1945 audience who wish to change ways after the past wars etc.
- Got Eva (Daisy at the time) fired from her job
- Acts as a contrast to the older generation
- Personality
- Sheila starts off as a representative of the younger generation but ends up maturing (arguably) the most
- "You're squiffy!"
- Use of "Mummy" and "Daddy". "Oh Mummy look, isn't it wonderful?"
- "don't interfere, please, father"
- By the end of the play, Sheila shows clear signs of maturity.
- "it's you two who are being childish – trying not to face the facts."
- Naive to aware
- At the start, Sheila is very optimistic about life and is shown to be materialistic.
- Later on -"No, he's giving us the rope so that we'll hang ourselves."
- She is the first person to question the credibility of the Inspector.
- Sheila starts off as a representative of the younger generation but ends up maturing (arguably) the most
- Context
- Links to themes
- Old vs young
- Priestley's message
- Gender
- "These girls aren't cheap labour. They're people."
- Social responsibility
- Gender
- Impact/role of the Inspector
- Class
- Her possibility of turning down the marriage to Gerald at the end would contrast to a typical view of the time, which was that a woman should get married
- Her change represents the change in society that Priestley strives for
- "We often do in the younger ones. They're more impressionable."
- Links to themes
- Role in the play
- Sheila starts off as a representative of the younger generation but ends up maturing (arguably) the most
- "You're squiffy!"
- Use of "Mummy" and "Daddy". "Oh Mummy look, isn't it wonderful?"
- "don't interfere, please, father"
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