Sheila Flashcards
(7 cards)
“ look mummy-isn’t it a beauty?”
Despite her privileged social status, Sheila remains oppressed and margin her language marked by term like” mummy”
Suggest an infantile and sheltered perspective illustrating her social class shield her from life’s horse realities. She is still viewed as a child and incapable of herself.
Objectification Sheila’s mesmerism “ beauty” of the ring is almost ironic as she is only valued for her perceived” beauty” and external looks by society that objectification extends to both the young females we encounter Sheila and Eva both are simply described as pretty shown despite their different social classes the both subject to the same oppressing object by social perceptions
Social class, Sheila is cocooned anonymous shielded by her social class compounded by the patriarch expectations imposed upon her resulting in her submissive and infantile presentation
Older versus younger Sheila representative to the socialistic ideals, characterisation of younger generation challenges and entrenched generational views on society particularly concerning women by the payers and she has about Gerald ring proposal, indicating her growing and pressure normalising liberation through socialism
Act one
“ but these girls aren’t cheap labour-their people”
Stereotypical high class women as the play opens Sheila plays the stereotypical young pre-war higher class woman who chose role is Mary well and produced children. She is excited to be marrying a good looking wealthy manner and shows of her expensive engagement ring. She is although childlike she uses the mummy when talking to her about this language suggest that she’s quite childlike at the start of the playthat she feels like she needs to show her brain also suggest she is childish. Priestly uses this. tell her how much she changes later on.
Act one Sheila‘s vocabulary shift on” girls” exposes her father‘s exploitative capitalism girls can innocence and vulnerability suggesting Sheila I realise the upper costs with capitalistic use praise and disadvantage. This revelation is unimaginable for her sheltered past self feels her discussed with dehumanising and scrumptious behaviour of capitalists.
Best symbolises the advancement of women’s rights in 1945 depicting women’s empowerment and for advocating for social justice for all persons of society pray on the disadvantage so we can really clearly see that Sheila has people over things like materialism perspective and embrace the humanistic advocate of social
Why?-You fool.-he knows!
Act one this exclamation shows that Sheila has quickly realised that inspector has good judgement and his smart she knows that they cannot hide anything from him and he knows all of the answers and how they are involved. She knows he is asking them questions to get them to realise their involvement at themselves and their responsibility she shows maturity and intelligence here.
So I’m really responsible?
Sheila’s first reaction to inspector questioning is to accept responsibility for her actions although she is still very worried about the experience affects her she acknowledges that she has played a key role on Ella Smith suicide this contrast to Mr Burling and complete denial
Is it the one you want me to… no I feel engaged
Sheila doesn’t feel properly engaged until she gets a ring up car swimming got fancy ring when they go engaged to show someone new instead of their father owns them now that she got the ring the symbol of ownership she feels the new ownership too
Mother, I think that was cruel and vile, act two
Breaking social rules and maturing by act two mummy has become mother and Sheila‘s eyes. She has shifted from her initial child behaviour to telling of her mother and openly disagree. This was completely unacceptable in pre-war etiquette. This suggests that she is so upset and angry she is happy to break social rules at this point. This shows the changing relationships of her parents using the more formal word. Mother suggest that she is annoyed with Mrs Burling and that she refuses to be viewed as a child. At this point she may no longer feel a sense of close with her mother. Her illusion speak images of her parents have been chatted by the inspectorsinterrogation. Her parents are not too she thought they were.
It frightens me the way you talk, act three
Sheila becomes more so she aware and upset by the family‘s actions as the play goes on by the end of act three she openly admits to Mr Burling and his Mrs. Burling attitude are scaring her because they refuse to admit that they have done anything wrong? She worries about attitude that they have not learn anything and so could do the same again and again and cause a death of another person. She feels helpless because she cannot convince her parents to reconsider their attitude.
