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Sheila Birling
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A mind map exploring the character of Sheila Birling from the play An Inspector Calls by JB Priestly.
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an inspector calls by j.b. priestley
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Sheila Birling
Young
"A pretty girl in her early twenties."
Vulnerable
Unmarried - relies on her family for financial support
Looks important to her - pretty
Needs to be protected
Upper class - not much she can do
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Wants to impress Gerald
Doesn't have her own opinion
"Is it the one you wanted me to have?" - Sheila
Materialistic
Perceptive
"But these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people." - Sheila
Caring
Empathetic towards Eva
"You gave yourself away as soon as he mentioned her other name." - Sheila
Clever
"I only told her tonight because I knew everything was coming out."
Saw through Gerald's act
Honest
"Told him that this girl had been very impertinent." - Sheila
Can admit faults
Jealous
Projected her own feelings onto other people
Takes responsibility for her actions
"It's you two who are being childish - trying not to face the facts." - Sheila
Not set in her ways like the older ones
She accepts responsibility while they evade it
Open to new ways of thinking
"I don't understand about you." - Sheila
Inspector made a great impression on her
Socialist ideas
"You mustn't try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl." - Sheila
Knows that there really isn't anything separating the classes
"You don't seem to have learnt anything." - Sheila
Can face up to her mistakes
Learnt not to repeat them
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