Character Analysis of Sheila in An Inspector Calls
Sheila is unlike any other character in the play - she is far more conscientious and more sensitive than any of the others, and she does not express her opinion as frequently or forcefully as her parents.
When Sheila hears of the death of Eva Smith she is genuinely shocked by the news, and despite the fact that she does not know her, she is still upset. We can see this from what she says when she hears the news: "Oh - how horrible!". When the Inspector shows her a photograph of the girl she reacts much more dramatically than any of the others, which tells us that perhaps she had already realised that her behaviour towards the girl had been inappropriate and unnecessary, and
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Sheila demonstrates that she is ashamed of her actions and she is the only character to tell the Inspector the truth from the beginning.
Another noticeable aspect of Sheila's character is that she submits to the authority of the Inspector where no other character does, and she warns the others against trying to hide facts from him as she believes he already knows everything. In Act 2 Sheila encourages her mother to admit everything to the Inspector: "It means that we've no excuse now for putting on airs and that if we've any sense we wont try", and "And now you're pretending not to recognise [Eva Smith] from that photograph. I admit I don't know why you should, but I know jolly well you did in fact recognise her, from the way you looked. And if you're not telling the truth, why should the Inspector apologise? And can't you see, both of you, you're making it worse?". From these quotes we can see that Sheila is in favour of getting all the facts out in the open to avoid any surprises later, and she even goes so far as to scold her parents for 'putting on airs' in order to intimidate the
Inspector.
In the final act, once it
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Sheila is portrayed as a beautiful young lady in her early twenties with a rather selfish and arrogant nature. Using her compelling personality she is able to obtain anything in which she desires through her father. She makes inconsequential remarks and speaks in a childish manner. However she is the only one to accept immediate responsibility for her role in Eva Smith’s death, making her most probably the furthermost sympathetic character throughout the play. She is horrified by her own part in Eva's death; she feels full of guilt for her jealous actions and blames herself and she is genuinely remorseful for her actions. She is very perceptive towards the inspector, first to wonder who he really is, realising he already knows much of what
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Sheila Birling is described by Priestley as “a pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with life”, she is the daughter of Arthur and Sybil Birling. Towards the beginning of “An Inspector Calls”; Sheila is portrayed as a pretentious, young lady from a middle class family who is engaged to be married to a man of a higher class- Gerald Croft. During the engagement party, though Sheila is seemingly excited, she soon becomes very skeptical of Gerald, stating “all last summer” he never came near her. Immediately after the disclosure of sensitive information – that is Eva Smith's tedious, agonizing death, Sheila is almost devastated but, on the contrary, by asking the inspector: “What was she like?
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