sheila Flashcards
’ now i feel really engaged’
. sheila doesnt feel engaged until she gets the ring
. upper class women got a fancy ring wjhen they got engaged to show that someone else owned them
. symbol of ownership
. presents her as materialostic
’ why you fool he knows’
. sheila has quickly realsied that the inspector is smart
. she knows that they cannot hide anything from him and that he knows how thye were all involec].
. she knows that he is answeirng them questions to get them to realsie their involvement
. she shows maturity and intelligence here
. shows the inspector to be omnipotent and omnisicnet
’ so im really responsible
. she acknowlgeges that she played a key role in eva sdeath
. this contrasts to mr birlings complete denial
. sheila is accepting resposniblity
mummy isnt it a beauty
sterotypical higher clas-women
as the play begins sheila plays the stererotypical young prewar higher class women whose role is to marry well and have children
. she is excited to be marrying a good-looking wealthy man and shows of her expernsive enaggement ring
she uses the noun ‘mummy , this language portrays her as quite child-like at the start of the play , the fact that she feels the need to show off her ring suggests ehs is childish , priestly uses this to highlight how mcuhh she has changed to later on
’ we must really stop these silly pretences
. sheila quickly becomes the mature vocie of reason , she knows that the inspectro alsreadyt knows how every member of the family was involved in eva smith’s death
. she tries to get her family to play along and tell the truth , this could represent that these upper-class people cared so much about presenting perfect personas that they never presented their true self to anyone
. priestly, through sheila tells these upper-class people that they need to care less about social appearances and more about the consequences of their actions
’ you and i arent the same people who sat down to dinner here’
. sheila shows a great deal of emotional maturity
. she breaks her engagement because she realsies that she doesnt reslly know her fiance
. she doesnt hate him
. unlike her father she is not worried sbaut losing a close-bussiness connection
’ im afriad youll say something or do something youll be sorry for afterwards
. sheila undersatnd the inspectors role in the story
. she is trying to warn her mother that the inspector knows more than she thinks
. she knwos that the inspector is giving them the rope to hang themselves - he is letting them explore their own involvement and work out their own guilt
’ im afriad youll say something or do something youll be sorry for afterwards
. sheila undersatnd the inspectors role in the story
. she is trying to warn her mother that the inspector knows more than she thinks
. she knwos that the inspector is giving them the rope to hang themselves - he is letting them explore their own involvement and work out their own guilt
’ mother i think that was cruel and vile
. by act 2 mummy has become mother
. she has shited from her child like behaviour to twlling her mother off, this was completly inappropiate in pre-war etiquette, this shwsx that she is upset and angry that she is happy to break social rule s
her using the more formal word mother protrya sthat she is nagry with her mjm, refuses to be viewed as a child at this point
. she may no longer feel a sense of closeness withher mother
. her illsuion of her parents have been shattered by the inspectora interrogation, her parents arent who she thought they were
’ you dont seem to have learnt anything
. sheila is annoyed that her parents havent learnt about the consequences of her actions , they dotn seem t have learnt anythgn about how they should live their lives
. they contineu tod oge repsoisble for evas death, they shift the blame onto each toher
’ you dont seem to have learnt anything
. sheila is annoyed that her parents havent learnt about the consequences of her actions , they dotn seem t have learnt anythgn about how they should live their lives
. they contineu tod oge repsoisble for evas death, they shift the blame onto each toher
’ everything we said had happened really happened’
. sheials emotional maturity and intelligence develops
. sheila shows that she has learnt a valuabke lesson from her experience - she accepst blame and responsibility
. she knows that the her actions will have consequences fot other people
. mr b exclamis that he thinks young people know everything whent heyre wrong , ironically it is the yiung birlings who have learnt from their mitsakes
’ it frightens me the way you talk’
sheila become smore socially aware and upset by the familys actions as the play goes on
. by the end of act 3 she admits that her parensts attitudes are scarign her becasue they refuse to accept social responsibiliy
she worries that her aprenst havent learnt anything, and so could do the same thing and cause the death of another perso n
she feels helpless because she cannot convince her parents to reconsider their attitudes
