Sheila - Inspector Calls
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- Created on: 02-02-20 13:24
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- Sheila
- Overview
- Beginning - sharing parent's capitalistic views
- Hears how her actions led to death of Eva Smith
- Begins to challenge those around her
- End - rejects father's capitalistic views and accepts those of the Inspector
- Key Quotes
- "the one you wanted me to have"
- Beginning - presented as stereotypical woman - values possessions and marriage
- "respect you more than I've ever done"
- By giving back ring - asserts new-found independence and rejects her submissive role
- "these girls aren't cheap labour"
- Begins to her father and his capitalist ideology by putting human welfare over profits
- "it frightens me the way you talk"
- Becomes afraid of her parent's lack of compassion
- Changed completely from person she was at start
- Becomes afraid of her parent's lack of compassion
- "the one you wanted me to have"
- Context
- Represents reasonable younger generation
- Challenges traditional and capitalist views
- Begins to accept socialism
- Rejection of Gerald
- Breaking of gender norms - in favour of more modern ideology of women
- Personality
- Patronised
- "run along
- Protected
- "there isn't the slightest reason why my daughter should be dragged into this unpleasant business"
- Willing to speak up
- "I think it was mean to do so"
- Guilty
- "I felt rotten about it at the time and now I feel a lot worse"
- Intuitive
- "Why - you fool - he knows"
- Sympathetic
- "it's a rotten shame"
- Responsible
- "Miss Birling has just been made to understand what she did to this girl. She feels responsible"
- Aware
- Matures
- "You and I aren't the same people who sat down to dinner here"
- Patronised
- Overview
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