Class

• "these girls aren't cheap labour- they're people" Act 1


  > Juxtaposition to Mr Birling's "lower costs and..."

  > Links to the greed and reality of 1912

  > Opposes post-war women as they took role as men when they were fighting
• "mustn’t try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl" Act 2


  > Metaphor of the "wall" represents the class divide that Sheila is now against as it prevents empathy and accountability

  > Sheila is now aware of the power discourse between classes showing her maturity