Sheila Birling - Inspector Calls

Naïve, immature, sheltered upper class upbringing

• “Very pleased with life and rather excited”

• “ Look mummy, isn’t it a beauty”

Growing as a person - feminism

• “But these girls aren’t cheap labour, they’re people”

• “(She hands back the ring)”

Different treatment of Edwardian women - Sheila vs Eva

• Sheila = “pretty girl in early 20s” - Eva = “Lively good looking girl”

• Sheila = secure life - Eva = “Living in lodgings”

Socialist message

• “The point is you don’t seem to have learnt anything”

• “It frightens me the way you talk”