An Inspector Calls Quotes

Question 1

‘Yes, go on Mummy’

Answer 1

Sheila

Question 2

Short sentence

Answer 2

This short sentence demonstrates Sheila’s disenfranchisement, as she lacks a voice or any form of power during the beginning of the play. This is because Sheila is a microcosm for the women of 1912.

Question 3

‘Mummy’

Answer 3

The diction ‘mummy’ presents her as infantile, as she uses language complementary to a child. The audience might interpret this as unusual, as this is almost paradoxical to the way middle to upper class members behave. Priestley intentionally portrayed Sheila in this way, to show how capitalism can easily be indoctrinated into the vulnerable and weak minded.