Change in Sheila's Character throughout An Inspector Calls

Change in Sheila's Character throughout An Inspector Calls

J B Priestly ‘s ‘An Inspector Calls’ is set in 1912 and was first

performed in 1945. This mean there is Dramatic Irony over Birling ‘s

comment about war. The plot concerns Eva Smith a working class girl

who commits sucide. She used to work in Birling ‘s factory and every

family member affected her life. An inspector comes to their house for

investigation. Priestly message to the audience is that everyone in

society is responsible for their own actions and the way in which they

affect others.

At the beginning of the play, Sheila is a pretty girl in her early

twenties, very pleased with life and rather excited. She is getting

married to Gerald Croft. “Oh – it’s wonderful! Look Mummy – isn’t it a

beauty? Oh darling (she kisses Gerald Hastily)”. After the inspector

arrives she wants to know what is going on and when she founds out she

is shocked.

“Oh how horrible! Was it an accident?” Sheila accepts that she is

partly to blame for Eva ‘s sucide because she got her fired from

Milwards shop. The audience fee...