How Does Sheila Change Throughout The Play

Sheila in the play goes through a massive change. She starts of as a young childish and naïve young girl. Who conforms with the social expectations of her family. She is down treated by her family and accepts that. She shows her courage in accepting her wrongs and shows how she would honestly like to reform unlike her father who are very Hippocratic. We learn that Inspector Goole has a profound effect on her as after he walks into her life she changes from a childish girl to more of a strong woman. The way Priestley shows that she changes is many ways and I stated he shows this through Language, Form, Structure and her own ideas on the world. Finally she offered hope to the audience by fighting against her mother and father’s selfishness.

Priestly

Priestly initially presents Sheila is a young and naive and does not know about the outside world and is kept in a small bubble. Quotes like 'Mummy' and "I'm sorry. Daddy" show how childish she is even though she is a adult she still calls her mother like she is a child. Aswell as that it shows how she wants to gain the respect of her parents and respects them very highly. This quote here from when Gerald gives his ring to her shows how she is a product of her own parents "Isn't she a beauty" the bubble she has grown up in is one of capitalism and consumerism first it shows the capitalist side as many like to show off their possessions and flex them. Also consumerism is shown when she solely cares about the ring and nothing else. This shows her bubble is one of consumerism and capitalism and those are the values that her mother and father hold as you will discover throughout the book. Sheila changes heavily after the inspector walks in she starts to go from her capitalist way of thinking to one more of a socialist. A quote that support that is "It was my own fault" this quote here shows how unlike her parents who do not take responsibility of her death she takes all responsibility and learns

This quote here "Isn't she a beauty" show here intentions lay with the gift not the idea and cares solely about the gift given as capitalist likes to show off their possessions. After the inspector walks in she starts to change a lot as “it was my own fault” here she is now leading to more socialist way of thinking. Aswell as this we learn that the inspector has his beliefs set in socialist and we see at the end of the play that she repeats his message. “fire and blood and anguish” here is Sheila repeating the inspectors words and she is talking about the Russia revolution and how if people do not wake up a war will break out right wing vs left and people need to wake