An Inspector Calls Quotes

Quotes
Her views change as the play progresses. When she hears what her father has done to Eva, she says 'but these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people' (p19)
At the end she repeats the words of the Inspector's last speech - 'fire and blood and anguish' (p71), and unlike the elder Birlings is genuinely changed by the night's events.
She is horrified by her own part in Eva's story. She feels full of guilt for her jealous actions and blames herself as "really responsible."
Priestley uses Sheila to show that even though most rich people are snobby people who don't care about anybody but themselves there are some exceptions. Sheila is one of these exceptions.

Sheila: “(laughs hysterically) Why-you fool-he knows. Of course he knows. And I hate to think how much he knows that we don’t know yet. You’ll see. You’ll see. (She looks at him almost in Triumph)”
Shelia, shortly before the end of Act 1, crucially begins to understand the importance of the Inspector and the fact that he has more information than he is revealing. She is the first person in the play to really begin to perceive the inspector.

Throughout the play, she becomes the most sympathetic family member, showing remorse and guilt on hearing the news of her part in the girl's downfall, and encouraging the family (unsuccessfully) to accept responsibility for their part in Eva/Daisy’s death.
She is revealed to not be as naïve as originally thought, revealing her suspicions about her fiancée’s infidelity.
Despite continual criticism from her father, she becomes more rebellious toward her parents, supporting her brother against them and assisting Inspector Goole in his interrogations.

Shelia: “It was my own fault...I expect you’ve done things you’re ashamed of too.”
The turning point for Shelia was when she realises that Eva Smith was sacked because she was jealous that she was too pretty and suited a dress better than she did. She was not only horrified by her actions but also takes full responsibility for them.

By the end of the play, she represents the younger generation's protests against the morality of the older generation and seems the most responsive to the Inspectors Socialist views about moral responsibility towards others.

Shelia: (bitterly) “I suppose we’re all nice people now.” (Act 3)
This quote shows Sheila’s bitterness towards her family about their reactions and she is appalled that they think they have done nothing wrong simply because the they think the girl is not dead. Also it is evident that she is feeling frustrated and she wants them to acknowledge that they have behaved shockingly.

“By Jingo! A fake!” “How do you know it’s the same girl?”
The Birlings (with the exception the Sheila and Eric) are so desperate to believe their own innocence that they are willing to believe a highly unlikely set of coincidences.

At the end of the play, Sheila is much wiser. She can now judge her parents and Gerald from a new perspective, but the greatest change has been in herself: her social conscience has been awakened and she is aware of her responsibilities. The Sheila who had a girl dismissed from her job for a trivial reason has vanished forever.
Points to make
She is very perceptive towards the inspector, first to wonder who he really is, realising he already knows much of what he is asking. Sheila represents new ideas as a new generation, such as proto-feminist influenced by the inspector and changes her personality and becomes more honest, outspoken and wiser.