sheila Flashcards
‘i don’t believe i will’
context- sheila refuses to except taking second place to her husband‘s business as her mother has done; reflect differences in generations and rise in suffragette movement and campaign for equality for women.
‘Fairy prince’
language-metaphor. Sheila is using sarcasm to ‘puncture’ Gerald‘s representation of himself as daisys noble saviour, realising her vulnerability just appeals to his big ego. Irony = for Daisy as a working-class woman, life was a nightmare not a fairytale.
‘these girls aren’t cheap labour… they’re people’
context-sheila begins to realise that her fathers workers are not just collective workforce, but individual human beings, and deserve to be treated with respect.
language-adjective “cheap” normally applied to goods.
I/D - marxists interpretation-human beings reduced to means of production in capitalists society.
‘ she looked as if she could take care of herself. I couldn’t to be sorry for her’
context-reflects class prejudice. Eva does not appear to be vulnerable or needy therefore S. does not regret her actions.
R- Audience perceive Sheila are spoilt and unsympathetic in abusing her power to get Eva sacked.
‘i know i’m to blame’
Unlike her parents, Sheila matches as more mature and she changes as a character. She accepts that she is partly to blame for Evers death.
C = Reflects Priestley’s belief that hope for social change lies with the younger generation
R = many of the younger generation would be watching the play post World War II and want to change society for better- NHS 1948 etc
‘ you mustn’t try build up a wall between us in the girl’
L - metaphor.
I= represent the class divide that Mrs Birling tries to assert; could also represent Mrs Birling‘s denial. Mrs Birling needs to accept responsibility for others and accept the truth.
‘you and i aren’t the same people’
sheila has changed as a person and can no longer marry Gerald even if it would be financially advantageous. I=Interpretation-Sheila has become more independent and will only marry on her own terms, not her fathers.
‘ your beginning… To pretend that nothing much happened… You don’t seem to have learnt anything‘
Unlike her parents, S and E change and learn that they have responsibility for others. L equals parents not learning lessons links to inspectors fire and blood speech and cyclical structure of play which disrupts its naturalism-doomed to repeat mistakes until they learn from them.
