Act 2

• What are the key events in chapter 2?

  • Sybil enters and mentions Eric had too much to drink, Sheila and Gerald admit Eric's drinking problem.
  • Gerald confesses to have saved Sheila from the palace house, but put her in his friend's lodging's to be his mistress.
  • Sheila gives Gerald back his ring, Gerald leaves.
  • Sybil confesses to deny a pregnant Eva help as member of Brumley woman's charity, due to fake name "Mrs. Birling"
  • Sybil puts blame on father.
• What does Sheila say regarding the Inspector investigating their guilts?


  "You musn't try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl ... the inspector will just break it down."
• How does Sybil dismiss guilt?

  " I think it was a piece of gross impertinence"

  "girls of that class"

  "If the girl's death is due to anybody, then it's due to him."