Shiela Flashcards
Description of Shiela
“A pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with life and rather
excited”
Talks to Mrs Birling
“Yes, go on, Mummy”
Learns about what happened to Eva Smith
“(rather distressed) I can’t help thinking about this girl- destroying
herself so horribly- and I’ve been so happy tonight. Oh I wish you
hadn’t told me.”
Womens rights
“But these girls aren’t cheap labour- they’re people.”
“She was a very pretty girl…that didn’t make it any better.”
Says how she got her fired
“I went to the manager and told him this girl had been very
impertinent – and – and - ”
Change her ways
“And if I could help her now, I would-”
Never do it again
“I’ll never, never do it again to anybody…I feel now I can never go
there again”
Describes the stupidity
“Why- you fool- he knows. Of course he knows. And I hate to think
how much he knows that we don’t know yet. You’ll see. You’ll see.”
