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    Inspector Calls

    Character Pages

    Sheila Birling !

    Who !
    - daughter of Mr and Mrs Birling, engaged to Gerald !
    - even though she seems very playful at the opening, we begin to realise she has had suspicion
    about Gerald for a while. She is not a naive as she first appears to be !
    - although she has never properly worked she automatically shows compassion for Eva and
    questions the way her father treats her !
    - sheila is often the one who offers very sound opinions on the world and delivers the real
    meanings of the play !
    - she is horrified by her own part in Evas death, she feels full of guilt !
    - she is very perceptive; she realises Gerald knew Daisy from his reaction, to IG saying her name.
    she is the first to realise Erics part in the story. She is the first to consider the inspector is not
    real !
    - she is curious, she wants to know about Geralds part in the story. She is not angry with him
    when she hears about the affair instead she respects his honesty !
    - she is becoming more mature and her perception is meant to contrast with that of her parents
    incomprehension of the situation, especially Mrs Birlings !
    - she is angry with her parents for trying to pretend it is not their fault. She cannot understand how
    they do not feel guilt, and cannot learn what she has learnt. she begins to see her parents in
    unfavourable light !
    - At the end of the play she is much wiser. She can now judge her parents and Gerald from a new
    perspective. her social consciences has been awoken !
    - the sheila that was jelous and brash with her statements has now gone !
    - this changed character represents Priestleys hopes for society, that it can change thing for the
    better !

    What does she do?!


    - shows genuine emotion when she hears a young woman has died !
    - she was responsible for having Eva fired from the dress shop!
    - realises inspector cannot be lied to!
    - she breaks engagement to Gerald after hearing about the affair !
    - reveals that Eric has a drinking problem !
    - understand that the families experience that night should change the way that they behave !
    Quote

    Meaning

    Oh - how horrible! Was it an accident?

    she feels shock when she hears about the death of


    such a young woman, she is naive in suggesting
    she drank disinfectant by accident.

    I would miss it for worlds

    although bitter about Geralds affair, her curiosity


    needs to be satisfied and she is strong enough to
    hear the full story

    I had her turned out of a job

    she is prepared to accept and acknowledge what


    she has done

    its you two who are being childish - trying not to


    face the facts

    sheila believes that regardless of whether IG is real


    or not they have all done something wrong. whereas
    her parents are relieved they might prevent a
    scandal, but she is concerned that the all harmed
    someone

    a pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with


    life and rather excited
    last summer, when you never came near me

    referring to when Gerald had an affari with Eva, he


    never came near Sheila

    Inspector Calls

    Character Pages

    Quote

    Meaning

    but these girls arent cheap labour - they're people

    she is showing her sound opinion on her father firing


    the girls just because they asked for more money. It
    shows that she is respectful of people of a lower
    class

    really responsible

    how she feels about her role in Evas death

    i dont understand about you

    She is questioning IG with out being disrespectful,


    showing how perceptive she is

    hes giving us the rope - so that well hang


    ourselves

    she warns the others about what IG is doing

    dont pretend that nothing much has happened"

    She is speaking to her parents with regards to what


    has happened that evening, she is annoyed
    because they think IG isn't real therefore none of the
    things they all did matters

    It frightens me the way your talk

    Showing that she has an opinion of her own and is


    not afraid to tell her parents she thinks they're
    wrong. She cannot understand how they cannot
    have learnt from the evening in the same way she
    has.

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