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
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Limit this response to 10 lines 2 Why does Bridie interrupt Sheila? What does this show you about their relationship‚ even after all these years have gone by? 3 The playwright includes extensive notes through this scene to ensure the performance is directed in a particular way. Read his directions carefully
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that she had worked for the Birlings‚ except had been sacked as she had asked for a raise in her wages. Sheila does not condone her father’s actions‚ heatedly replying “it was a mean thing to do”. This shows that Sheila is different to her parents‚ and when she the inspector refers to Eva as cheap labour‚ Sheila realises that they aren’t cheap labour but that “they’re people”. This shows that Sheila has empathy towards Eva‚ recognising her as a person not just a worker. As the inspector informs her
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~selfish. Sheila – Takes the suicide in a more sympathetic way and is the first one to ask what she was like. ~She is also partly responsible for Eva Smith’s death ~Birling wants to sweep the death under the carpet however‚ Sheila acts like all of its her fault and she would do anything to change what she had done. Sheila recognizes that the inspector knows everything and she knows that something weird is going on. When Gerald starts telling the story‚ Birling wants Sheila to leave
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his daughter Sheila’s engagement to Gerald‚ because of the possibility of the two businesses merging ultimately benefiting the Birling’s financial status and power. Though Gerald’s parents are not as happy with the prospect of their son marrying Sheila‚ as they feel she is not good enough for Gerald. Part 2 Gerald had met ’Daisy Renton’ in the stalls bar at The Palace Variety Theatre in March of the previous year. He’d noticed a girl who looked out of place‚ and was different from all
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the death of eva smith. In contrast to Mr and Mrs Birling Sheila has total opposite views and realises what she did was wrong‚ and wishes that she could go back and never get Eva sacked- “If i could help her now- I would.” Sheila and Birlings total opposing views create conflict Due to the fact that Sheila feels that her father should take some responsibilty‚ like she did‚ for helping towards Eva Smith’s death. It is not only Sheila who has the guts to accept what she has done was wrong because
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let him marry his daughter. This response is carried through the first scene by Priestley as he lets Mr Birling make long and presumptuous speeches‚ Gerald just accepts them and moves focus onto Sheila. This makes the audience think that Gerald doesn’t actually care about Mr Birling but He is focused on Sheila‚ this could be him trying to not let his affair come out in the open. Furthermore in the stage direction it is said that ‘Mr Birling lights a cigar and Gerald… lit a cigarette’. I think this is
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INSPECTOR CALLS REVISION NOTES Political views During the 1930’s Priestley became very concerned about the consequences of social inequality in Britain‚ and in 1942 Priestley and others set up a new political party‚ the Common Wealth Party‚ which argued for public ownership of land‚ greater democracy‚ and a new ’morality’ in politics. The party merged with the Labour Party in 1945‚ but Priestley was influential in developing the idea of the Welfare State which began to be put into place at the
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‘An Inspector’s Calls’ is a play that was written by J.B. Priestley in 1945 but set in Edwardian England 1912. The play is set in a fictional industrial city in the North Midlands called Brumley. The fictional industrial city of Brumley would have been typical of many towns‚ as in the town there would be factory owners‚ who would provide much needed jobs‚ this meant that the factory owners were able to run their businesses any way they wanted to. These factory owners were more important in 1912
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As the nuns intended‚ Sheila broke herself‚ the constant reciting began to take a toll on her mental stability to the point where she goes psychotic. Saul witnessed Sheila’s broken state of mind during his time at St. Germ’s‚ “She’d just walk the halls of St. Germ’s muttering incomprehensible phrases and then burst out with a wild laugh‚ hitting herself with stinging slaps to the face before she returned to her vacant-faced mumbles” (51). At the age of twelve‚ they sent Sheila to a mental asylum. The
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