Sheila Birling Analysis

Quotes and key points on how Sheila spreads the inspector's message throughout the play.

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  • Created on: 08-01-20 17:34
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  • Sheila Birling Analysis
    • Personality
      • Start
        • Selfish
          • "And I've been so happy tonight"
        • Oblivious to the world outside her own.
          • Working class e.g: Eva Smith in Milwards
            • Starts to care for those not in her situation.
      • Towards end
        • Guilty
          • "It was my fault"
        • Spreads inspector"s message
          • "you might as well admit it" - to her mother when she acts innocent.
        • Starts to care for those not in her situation.
        • Wants a fairer system.
          • presents  opinions against her father's business.
            • "But these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people"
    • Socialist views
      • Wants a fairer system.
        • presents  opinions against her father's business.
          • "But these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people"
      • Spreads inspector's message
        • All guilty for world we are in.
        • Change in pronouns from "I" to "we" - becomes more collective in speech.
    • In comparison to Eva Smith
      • Comparison between working and upper class.
      • How they both affect each other.
        • e.g: "I was furious" - her anger drastically affected Eva.

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