sheila birling

Cards (18)

  • what is the first key scene of sheila birling?
    the dinner party
  • what do we find out about sheila at the dinner party?
    • very childish "mummy"
    • infantalised by her mother
    • repremanded by her mother
    • the birlings are capitalists
    • sheila fulfils stereotypical gender roles
  • what is the second key scene of sheila?
    Engagement party and her relationship with gerald
  • what are they key quotes of this scene and what do they represent?
    • "yes except for all last summer when you never came near me"- fractured relationship
    • "mummy isnt it a beauty"- sheila is materialistic and she is no longer annoyed at gerald because of the ring
  • what do we learn at the key scene of the engagement?
    • mr birling wants gerald and sheila to be together because mr birling wants to bring the crofts and birlings buisness together
  • what else do we learn in the engagement?
    sheila ignored her suspicions of gerald cheating because she know she will gain status for her family- theyre relationship is like a buisness contract
  • what is the third key scene of sheila?
    milwards
  • what are they key quotes of milwards?
    • sheila asks if daisy was "pretty" which shows the middle class are shallow because they only care about looks which mirrors mr birling
    • "i had turned her out of her job" sheila feels guilty for what she has done
    • "accident?" shows sheila is sheltered
  • what does sheila do during milwards?
    completes her metamorphosis when she blames herself for the death of eva smith
  • how can we link context with the scene of milwards?
    sheila abuses her position of authority to fire eva smith because shes jealous of eva smith but this is ironic because eva is working class
  • how does abusing power link with context?
    typical bourgeoisie attitude who exploit the proletariat and this was very common during 1912
  • what is the 4th key scene of sheila?
    discovering geralds affair and then becoming a mini inspector
  • what are the key quotes of the scene of geralds affair?
    • "you were the wonderful fairy prince"- links to context because this was bold for a woman to speak so badly to a man in such a patriarchal society
  • how is sheila shown to be a mini inspector?
    • her words and phrases are stoccato and blunt like the inspector
    • relentless in her interrogation to gerald
    • she gets the confession out of him before he even knows what hes doing
    • becomes omniscient and finds out about erics drinking problem
    • no longer as sheltered as she was in the beginning
  • what is the last key scene of sheila birling?
    completing her metamorphosis
  • what are they key quotes in the scene of sheila completing her metamorphosi?
    "its you two being childish"- shows the role reversal of the parents ajd the children
  • what happens when sheila completes her metamorphosis in the final key scene?
    • deflects gender roles
    • learns from the inspectors final speech how it doesnt matter if its real they are still responsible
    • develops a social attitude
  • why was sheila able to complete her metamorphosis?
    because she is apart of the younger generation