Shelia Flashcards
Half serious half playful
Juxtaposition- foreshadows the arrival of the inspector and undermines her relation with Gerald
Also
Capitalism unsettled Shelia and suggests she’s suswptisble to change
Very pleased with life
Presented as ignorant as she can’t see past inequality and treatment
Adverb - very modified pleased and exaggerated her ignorance to life outside
Priestly showing typical upper claw stick in a bubble as setting never changes
Not exposed to harsh realities of life which juxtaposes Eva
Edna open- door to reality
Mummy and daddy
Colloquialisms
Later in play changers to mother and father conflict with parents
Now I feel really engaged
Materialistic nature shines through as it’s like she needs to be paraded with ring to validate love
Now - before ring didn’t feel valued because no attention or money showered over her
Beauty- personified - it Means so much to her
Really- juxtaposes Shelia idealistic world
This later on juxtaposes when she says
You’re pretending everything is just as it was before
Shelia aviofs being a typical Edwardian woman
I don’t believe I will
Reluctant to embrace submissive role
First character to change
Shelia stands up for herself which constares with the metaphorical voice of the lower classes= huge disparity between clases voiceless - Eva couldnt defend herself
Eva emotions change
From distressed to horrified to frightened
Emotional response when the sucide is revealed
Then when she hears about pregnancy
Then at the end frightened
Accepts consequences of her actions and lifestyle and is haunted by the inspector to change
Shelia shows her jealously or Eva
I was in …
Furious temper
Uses her influence as a valued customer over the working class
Shelia defends Eva socialism
That was a mean thing to do
They’re not cheap labour they’re people
Early on shoes how younger are suspects to change
they’re- still detached needs to pretend she’s distant with poor out for fear from father
Labour - foreshadows her subconscious which clearly believes in socialism but is hidden undersigiuise of the pressures of older generation
Priestly wanted to doe that older generation have a negative effect on children being socialists that needs to stop
Shelia perceptive and only one who understands inspector power
Mother stop it
You mustn’t try to build a like of wall
He’s giving us the role so that we will hang ourselves
She realises the actions of the upper are olor al Alf thinks it’s ridiculous to defy the inspector
Electra complex - metaphorically represent the conflict between labour and conservatives like socialism and capitilism
Shelia language begins to paralle the inspectors showing his influence
I remember how he looked st me and made me feel . Fire blood and anguish
Accepted inspector lessons
Firmly aligns herself with him showing she is on his side and he’s had such a great power on her she can only go the way he says
Shelia puts moral values above social position
I rather respect more then I’ve ever done before
Respects Gerald for being honest and having moral values placed above her position
She recognised that doesn’t matter if Eva alive or not still all behaved immorally
Priestly - younger generation Have power to improve our world for the better
Shelia begins to distance herself from her family
You - repetition of pronoun
Shelia addresses birlings with lack of respect and by end of play she is ashamed of their behaviour
It’s frightens me the way you talk
You’re forgetting one thing I still cannot forgot - stand up to parents challenging socios / moral of them
Increasing empathy for Eva
But that won’t bring Eva smith back to life will it
Refuses to tell the inspector as being false and something funny like her parents but for her
‘ it’s anything but a joke’
