Sheila Flashcards
‘Half serious, half playful’
Creates a Sense if unease during celebration
Juxtaposition of the adjectives ‘serious’ and ‘playful’
This foreshadows the arrival of the inspector and it also undermines her relationship with Gerald
Alternatively there is a suggestion that capitalism unsettles Shiela and perhaps even suggest that she will change
‘Very pleased with life’
State direction shows ignorance of her actions and inability to see past inequality and mistreatment.
The adverb ‘very’ pleased and almost exaggerates her ignorance to the real world
Sheila is materialistic
The engagement ring
‘Now I really feel engaged’ is paces importance on ring
Adverb ‘now’ has implications that the ‘perfect’ ring is the reason for her feelings.
Contrasts to later in the play ‘your pretending everything is just as it was before’
‘Pretending’ seems to juxtapose ‘really’ here as the real world collided with Sheila’s idealistic world which was built on wealth
Sheila avoids being a typical Edwardian woman
Reluctant to embrace submissive role
First character to change
Eva not being present, gender roles, serges to further emphasise the huge disparity between the classes and priestlys issues
‘There not cheap labour there people’
Foreshadows her subconscious which clearly believes in socialism but is hidden under the guise of the pressures from mr and Mrs birling
Wording still shows on over of detachment and distance through the pronoun ‘they’.
Shelia hasn’t fully shown empathy towards the less fortunate
Sheila’s understanding of gerlad
Sheila respects Gerald more for being honest
Moral values placed above social position
Immorality play- moral values
Ends up massively frustrated with her parents who do not learn
Sheila’s younger generation
She is part of the younger generation who existed during the birth of the welfare state- socialism- equality
The inspector points out that the younger generation are ‘impressionable’
Priestly message shows that the younger generation can change
Influence of inspector on Sheila
Sheila’s language begins to mirror that of gooles
Inspector- ‘then they will be taught it in fire blood and anguish’
Sheila- ‘what he made me feel. Fire blood and anguish’
She firmly aligns herself with him as an audience in the 1940s we would be looking at their beliefs that we would value
