Sheila Flashcards
‘Is it the one you ______ me to have?’
‘Wanted’ - she does not get a say in her own engagement ring from Gerald because of her lack of POWER and how her GENDER puts her at a disadvantage. Gerald has immediate power over her
‘Girl in her _____________’ - stage directions
‘Early twenties’ - immediately from the start she seems weak because of her GENDER and her AGE.
‘I was very _____ to both of them’
‘Rude’ - Sheila abuses her POWER from her CLASS to get Eva sacked , which shows her immature and insecure personality at the start of the play. Towards the end, this changes and she becomes heavily influenced by the inspector . Younger generation (AGE) are more open to change.
Also the fact she acknowledges her mistakes support the fact she regrets her actions.
‘Mummy’ changing to ‘______’
‘Mother’ - this change from acting childish to more adult-like. Shows how the inspector has made her AGE more during the play and made her more mature as a result
‘I know I’m to _____ and I’m __________ sorry’
‘Blame’ and ‘desperately’ - as the play progresses, Sheila accepts more RESPONSIBILITY about her actions - inspector has transformed her and now she is showing more SOCIALIST ideas
‘Oh, I wished you __________’
‘ hadn’t told me’ - shows her selfish side towards the beginning of the play. Doesn’t really care that Eva has died at the start - probably because of her CLASS
‘__________, cutting in’ - stage direction
‘Urgently’ - shows she is picking up the inspectors habits because the younger generation are being inspired by him because of their AGE. She is also going against the normal societal GENDER norms. Like SOCIALISM going against CAPITALISM which was the more normal thing
‘Oh - _________ - __________!’
‘Horrible’ - uses parenthesis and emotive language in her speech which shows her distress and how she feels so much RESPONSIBILITY for Eva’s death. Further shows her panic and fear. Shows she has grown and changed since the beginning of the play.
‘It’s you two who are being _______’
‘Childish’ - gone from being a naive child to being able to recognise how her elders are acting like children. Priestley has done this to make CAPITALISM seem childish and how SOCIALISM is now evolving and becoming more mature in a short time, just like Sheila and Eric have
‘I’m _____________ of it’
‘Ashamed’ - really admitting RESPONSIBILITY openly to her parents. Could suggest she is more mature than her parents despite being so childish earlier on in the play.
