Sheila Birling In An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls
How does Priestly develop the Character of Sheila Birling?
In an Inspector Calls, Sheila Birling’s character is seen as a child that has been raised into an upper-class family and has become familiar with the luxuries and social standing lower classes wouldn’t dream of obtaining, her spoilt upbringing and deceiving parents have grounded her in a semi-childhood where she is blinded from the injustice of the class system and the treatment of the lower ‘classed’ majority of the public. Priestly, however, decides to inject his own mouthpiece in the persona of Inspector Goole in the hope that in the following hours the Inspector will open Sheila’s eyes and release her from her parent’s muzzle resulting in Sheila seeing the invalid …show more content…
This is evident in Act 1 Page 17 where Sheila expresses the fact that she, “can’t help thinking about this girl-destroying herself so horribly”, the remorseful act Sheila displays is an improvement in her understanding of other actions. However she carried on to negate her remarks on the destruction of the girl by explaining how she, “wish(ed) you hadn’t told me”, because she was ‘so happy tonight’. This indicates to the reader that she is still stuck in a paradox where she doesn’t want to know of any unhappiness that doesn’t involve her however does have a minimal yet needed understanding for her actions on others. She displays this opinion because of her parent’s opinions and influence which she has heard and understood, the shared feeling of treating the world like it is for your own and no one else’s shows how the upper-class’ children and upcoming generation are being poisoned by their own opinionated feelings towards the lower and less ‘valuable’ …show more content…
Sheila explains how she must have been seen as, “a selfish, vindictive creature”, expressing an opinion such as this on your own persona and personality is extremely hard and does mean she has almost overridden her stubbornness. This sense of responsibility which Sheila’s gained not only lets her sense her previous spitefulness and downgrading views towards the lower class, but also lets her judge her parents actions as well, this is a subtle hint of her rising
How does Priestly develop the Character of Sheila Birling?
In an Inspector Calls, Sheila Birling’s character is seen as a child that has been raised into an upper-class family and has become familiar with the luxuries and social standing lower classes wouldn’t dream of obtaining, her spoilt upbringing and deceiving parents have grounded her in a semi-childhood where she is blinded from the injustice of the class system and the treatment of the lower ‘classed’ majority of the public. Priestly, however, decides to inject his own mouthpiece in the persona of Inspector Goole in the hope that in the following hours the Inspector will open Sheila’s eyes and release her from her parent’s muzzle resulting in Sheila seeing the invalid …show more content…
This is evident in Act 1 Page 17 where Sheila expresses the fact that she, “can’t help thinking about this girl-destroying herself so horribly”, the remorseful act Sheila displays is an improvement in her understanding of other actions. However she carried on to negate her remarks on the destruction of the girl by explaining how she, “wish(ed) you hadn’t told me”, because she was ‘so happy tonight’. This indicates to the reader that she is still stuck in a paradox where she doesn’t want to know of any unhappiness that doesn’t involve her however does have a minimal yet needed understanding for her actions on others. She displays this opinion because of her parent’s opinions and influence which she has heard and understood, the shared feeling of treating the world like it is for your own and no one else’s shows how the upper-class’ children and upcoming generation are being poisoned by their own opinionated feelings towards the lower and less ‘valuable’ …show more content…
Sheila explains how she must have been seen as, “a selfish, vindictive creature”, expressing an opinion such as this on your own persona and personality is extremely hard and does mean she has almost overridden her stubbornness. This sense of responsibility which Sheila’s gained not only lets her sense her previous spitefulness and downgrading views towards the lower class, but also lets her judge her parents actions as well, this is a subtle hint of her rising