Characters - Sheila Flashcards
What was Sheila’s role in the family?
To get married to the richest man
To make her father and husband look good
What was Sheila’s role in the play?
To show how the selfish attitudes of the upper-class people could be changed through educating them.
What was Sheila’s connection to Eva?
She got Eva fired from Milwards because she got jealous and thought that she was laughing at her.
How does Sheila’s relationship with her family change?
She loses respect and feels disgusted after they don’t accept responsibility for what they did.
Does Sheila change throughout the play?
Yes, she starts off spoilt and immature, but she matures, accepts responsibility for what she did, vows to never do that again and then tries to get her family to accept responsibility.
What does Sheila represent in the play?
Hope for future generations to create a better society.
Growing socialism in a capitalist’s society.
Rising importance of women, she aligns herself with political views and refuses to take Gerlad back after his affair, this is unexpected from women.
“Mummy – isn’t it a beauty?”
She starts off as a spoilt, childish and immature typical upper-class woman who cares about the expensive ring her fiancé got her and shows it off to her ‘mummy’.
“Mother, I think that was cruel and vile.”
The change from ‘mummy’ shows how she has matured and how she is breaking social rules.
She has realised her parents aren’t who she thought they were, and the facade is breaking.
“It frightens me the way you talk.”
She is becoming more socially aware and maturing and her views are changing.
“He’s giving us the rope – so that we’ll hang ourselves.”
She is realising that they can’t lie to the Inspector and that they should just accept responsibility.
“I think you’d better take this with you.”
This shows that she is maturing and that she can make her own decisions.
She is going against the social norms and disobeying her father this shows how much she has changed
“Well, it doesn’t to me. And it oughtn’t to you, either.”
She is trying to get her parents to accept responsibility and to realise that even though they aren’t ‘caught’ they should still feel guilty for what they did and change for the better.
