Sheila Flashcards
Disenfranchised women
She’s emblematic of the disenfranchised women in 1912 given the opportunity to flourish and gain independence.
Shelagh and her fathers relationship has been crafted, cousin of the page, all commands, utilises a relationship to be tied, active to the audience of the detrimental impact of a society that oppressors.
“ look mummy, isn’t it a beauty”
Shorts and simplistic language, reflecting on how society influence is her as a young woman as inferior also her disenfranchisement. The director critique of Priestley of limited political agency Women have.
Despite social status, she remains oppressed a marginalised, suggest the inventor perspective as well as sheltered. The memorisation of the ring is ironic that she and women were only valued for their looks.
Similarities between Shelagh and Eva
Reinforce how oppression priestley uses political, diatribe, two stand against it. Accentuates how place within society determines your aspect of life. Demonstrates how women’s impact of bringing has on theirlives
Sheila “ a pretty girl who is pleased with her life and rather excited” naive andcsheltered from injustices from society. Accentuate to happiness and satisfaction for the future. Provokes internal reflection within the postwar audience as they may have associated themselves with her. Exacerbate all women in the higher class. We protect us from the world as a result of the emotional and immature features.
Eva : “twenty four” “very pretty”
“ swallowed disinfectant.. burnt her inside out” Eva cannot bear to experience his future, so she commit suicide. I think the similar characteristics could help sympathise with Sheila. Sheila is the most responsive to pieces message as she is aware of those similarities. She is able to see events out of Eva’s perspective and she is disgusted by her fathers comments..
Sheil fights for socialist views
Sheila shows more compassion towards the lower classes “These girls aren’t cheap labour, they people!” noun “people” is significant recognises the humanity of lower class people and does not objectify like her father. It also demonstrates how Sheila is willing to stand up to capitalists like Birling and challenge their prejudiced views.
people were raised to believe that people in the different classes were almost genetically different like different species of animal. s and e are far more open minded than their parents. can accept socialist ideas more easily.
Priestley is perhaps trying to encourage his audience in 1945 to believe that the future of Britain can be fairer and kinder than it was in the Edwardian era because the younger generation are now the ones in charge and they are different to the previous generation.
Responsible
In addition to this, both Eric and Sheila face up to what they have done and express remorse. Sheila says, “I’m desperately sorry” with the adverb “desperately” suggesting emotional intensity and a genuine desire to change what she has done.
As Priestley was writing in 1945, many would have been of the similar generation to Eric and Sheila. He perhaps presents them as more responsible people in order to encourage the audience to believe that social change is possible if everybody takes responsibility for one another.
Expresses guilt
the younger gen are more capable of taking responsibility and learning from their mistakes. Sheila is presented as emotionally distressed by what she has done. repetition when Sheila states, “I’ll never, never do it again” in order to convey how determined she is never to repeat the mistakes of her past and be more considerate in the future.
gives the audience hope that the future of Britain can be more responsible than it was in the past. Many watching 1945 would have been of the same generation as Eric and Sheila so might have been encouraged to reflect on their own treatment of the poor. Ultimately, Priestley uses the younger characters to convey the idea that Britain can be a better place than it was in the Edwardian era.n
Detrimental impact of capitalism
Detrimental impact of capitalism, she critics her parents dismissal of collective responsibility and ages them to understand the consequences of their action
“ you mustn’t try and build a wall between us and that girl, if you do the inspector will just break it down”
Metaphorical wall is the symbol for the barriers that the bearings have creators from the real world avoiding being morally righteous . Girl connotes vulnerability, making them recognise that they are being oblivious to the vulnerability they have created. Brutal verb, break, replicates, stark awakening that they will face if they endlessly neglect responsibility.
“ you are beginning to pretend all over again”
Plosives harsh sound harsh truth. Angered by dismissive nature of her own unscrupulous parents . She is used as a dramatic vehicle in preseason mouthpiece. She’s a symbol of hope that ignorant and parsimonious individuals are able to reform.
Shelagh understands the inspectors message
She is understanding of the omniscience of the inspector, and allows her to act as a moral compass for her family, guiding them on how to develop empathy and be responsible
“ what he made me feel. Fire and blood and anguish.”
Shelagh is the inspectors proxy exemplified by her precise emulation, including deliberate repetition of the plysyndeton, and.
Emphasises relentless consequences of lacking social conscience to her parents and her fiance indoctrinated with capitalist beliefs. Personal pronoun is a genuine remote it awareness extends beyond remorse, developed an understanding of the systematic consequences
“(Rather wildly) no, he is giving us a rope so we can hang ourselves”
Cannotes disillusionment. 3+5 is that are intertwined they are intertwined with guilt. Collective pronoun or shows that they have collectively share the guilt.. motif of death used by Priestley to reason 84, they can still embark on a pathway to redemption
