Sheila Act 2

• liberation through socialism

  the inspector, the embodiment of socialism liberated Sheila through introducing her to socialist ideologies ones that juxtaposes the views she has been exposed to her whole life.
• Liberation though socialism

  She directly critiques her fathers exploitative capitalist ways- "but these girls aren't cheap labour- they're people"

  As "girls" connotes innocence and vulnerability, sheila has recognised that upper class members exploit the innocence and the vulnerability of the lower classes - realisation that sheltered sheila wouldn't have come to.

  the inspector enabled her o recognise this as he liberated her from her oppressed self and she evolved to a woman with a strong understanding of socialism.
• understanding of the omniscience of the inspector

  In act 1 Sheila was being ridiculed (laughed at) and mocked

  "you talk as if we were responsible -" hyphen represents Mr Birling [cutting in] showing that he thinks she doesn't know what shes talking about.

  In Act 2 she is mocking and ridiculing her family's oblivion to the inspectors omniscience and moral power.
• Understanding of the omniscience of the inspector

  "you mustn't try to build a kind of wall between us and that girl. if you do the inspector will just break it down"

  the metaphorical phrase of a "wall" serves as a symbol for the wall and barrier the Birlings have created from the real world.

  they live in their [pink and intimate] lives filled with oblivion

  Surprisingly she becomes the shrewdest character despite her earlier naive presentation.
• Her realisation of the larger impact of capitalism

  she becomes empowered through her development of empathy and responsibility, causing her to be a foil (opposite) to her remorseless and irresponsible parents.
• Her realisation of the larger impact of capitalism

  "[rather wildly, with laugh] No, he's giving us rope- so that we'll hang ourselves"

  [wildly] demonstrated how sheila became disillusioned with ideas of capitalism- no longer silenced, now liberated, unhinged with her actions

  she is freed from the restrictions of capitalist expectations, appear to not hold back from her wild side.
• Her realisation of the larger impact of capitalism

  "no he's giving us the rope - so that we'll hang ourselves"

  "rope" has fibres all intertwined, mimicking how Sheila has recognised that everybody in society is intertwined with their responsibilities due to the introduction of socialism, takes it upon herself to reinforce to her parents that they cant ignore their responsibilities they are tied down to.