Near the end of the play, Sheila's perspectives have changed immensely and achieves a greater sense of social responsibility than her parents. Priestley highlights this by revealing Sheila's thoughts on her mother as "cruel and vile". This use of emotive language exaggerates how upset Sheila is about Eva's death as well as, emphasizes how shocked she is by her mother's lack of remorse. The stage direction "(with feeling)" shows us how she feels about her opinion of Eva's death. These quotations convey Mrs. Birling's lack of guilt. This causes the audience to develop a negative feeling because of her cold and unsympathetic attitude towards Eva's death. The comma creates a pause, making her words more directed at her parents. Sheila is a self-centered woman, however, she does have a caring and compassionate side. She strongly regrets her previous actions and clearly shows it. "yes, but it didn't seem to be anything very terrible at the time. Don't you understand "? Sheila feels very guilty and expresses this through the use of emotive language "terrible". Sheila stresses the importance of her actions and how it played a significant role in Eva's death. Sheila has a complete change in perspective near the end of the play. Unlike the others, Sheila is willing to accept social responsibility even if it harms her reputation. …show more content…
"But these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people". Sheila is shocked on her mothers perspective and her lack of sympathy. Priestley exaggerates this through the use of the emotive language. Furthermore, the dash is used to create a pause stressing the importance of the statement. In addition, the phrase "cheap labour" acts as a metaphor portraying her parents don't consider the working class as people. The sentence length is short to exaggerate the impact of her statement and express her strong perspective in