sheila AIC quote

"Oh - Gerald - you've got it - is it the one you wanted me to have?... Now I really feel engaged"

materialistic

cares more about material then the actual engagement

"I'm sorry, Daddy. Actually I was listening"

"Daddy" shows immaturity

obedient

"Oh - how horrible! Was it an accident?

Even though sheila is upper class she still does care and shows interest in Eva Smith, this is different to her parents (and Gerald) which starts to show change

"But these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people"

shows she is not like her father and his capitalist, chauvinistic views

empathetic

"How could I know what would happen afterwards? ... But she was very pretty and looked as if she could take care of herself. I couldn't be sorry for her."

selfish and doesn't care about consequences

immature

"Why - you fool - he knows. Of course he knows."

Longsighted and realise the Inspector's knowledge of the case very early

(urgently, cutting in) "Mother, don't - please don't. For your own sake, as well as ours, you mustn't-"

confidence growing - contradicting her mother

"And it was my fault really that she was so desperate when you first met her"

taking responsibility for her actions

aware of her social responsiblity

"The point is, you don't seem to have learnt anything"

Assertive

trying to educate her family