Sheila Birling - An Inspector Calls
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- Created on: 12-04-19 20:25
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- Shelia Birling - An Inspector Calls
- End
- "I had her turned out a job. I started it."
- Her and Eric are the only ones to focus on their past behaviour in Act 3.
- Repetition of "I" shows clearly how Sheila now blames herself - and is starting to take responsibility for her actions.
- "Between us we drove that girl to suicide"
- She realises that it was the combined cruelty of all of their actions which led to Eva's suicide - understanding the Inspector's lesson.
- She speaks in a plain way - making clear her feelings. She understands that they are all responsible - and is ready to own up to her past mistakes.
- "I had her turned out a job. I started it."
- Beginning
- "Mummy" + "Daddy"
- Both words are childish in nature - not the names a young adult would use.
- Makes her sound immature and very dependent on her parents.
- "Oh - Gerald - you've got it - is it the one you wanted"
- Shows she is also reliant on Gerald as well as her parents. At this stage, she isn't an independent person.
- All that matters to her is that the ring is expensive - she is only interested in material possessions (like her father).
- "Mummy" + "Daddy"
- Middle
- "a very pretty girl too...and that didn't make it any better."
- It is clear that Sheila was jealous of Eva - leading to her sacking. It reveals how middle/upper class women were defined by their looks.
- Sheila felt threatened by Eva - as she was a working class women who was just as pretty as her.
- "miserably" + "distressed"
- All stage directions - showing how genuinely Sheila is upset of the consequences of her actions.
- Shows a real change in her character - however she wasn't feeling this until she was told what her actions did to Eva.
- "a very pretty girl too...and that didn't make it any better."
- End
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