An Inspector Calls: Sheila

Context about women

• Delicate beings
• posession of men
• patriarchal male dominated society
• at this point, the suffragette movement was beginning 

Points about Sheila:

• could be seen as a product of her higher social class upbringing
• she does change of the course of the play for the better 
• she learns the importance of social responsibility 
• she even stands up to her mother at the end
• refuses to take back ring after finding out about gerald cheating on her 
• likened to Eric 

Key Quotes

now i really feel engaged

• not particularly happy
• the perfect family facade
• symbolism of expensive wedding ring - suggests she is superficial and materialistic
• concerned with her appearance
• does has some suspicions
• at this point she is the most emotionally demonstrative character in the play

'last summer, when you never came near me, and I wondered what had happened to you'

• foreshadows conflict that later comes 
• there are a lot of mysteries in this play
• audience takes on role of inspector too - we see evidence like this, we work out what's going on 
• perfect family?
• concealment 
• not so perfect relationship 
• hidden secret

I think it was a mean thing to do

• she consistently acts as the faily's conscience 
• supporter of the Inspector
• helped in this role by eric to a certain extent, although he is a much weaker…