Sheila

• " yes go on mummy "
• " yes go on mummy "

  • start of the play
  • protected from the cruel outside world by her class
  • infantile treatment
  • product of her upbringing
  • language evolves by the end of the play " mother "
• " he made me feel. fire , blood and anguish "
• " he made me feel. fire , blood and anguish "

  • younger generation is changed by the inspectors message
  • acts as the inspectors proxy
  • realises she has been living in a "pink and intimate" world while being sheltered from the "harsh and bright" reality
• " these girls aren't cheap labour , they're people "
• " these girls aren't cheap labour , they're people "

  • liberation through socialism
  • broken free from the cycle of capitalism
  • recognises her father's exploiting behaviour that has been hidden from her
  • innocence and vulnerability is being corrupted
  • new socialist ideologies
• " do not build a wall between us and that girl "
• " he is handing us the rope so we will hang ourselves "