JB Priestley (13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984), wrote An Inspector Calls after the First World War (it was first performed in 1945); like much of his work the play contains controversial, politically charged messages.ownership of land, greater democracy, and a new 'morality' in politics. Priestly was a stong socialist and had very socialist views.During the start of the play, Sheila appears to be very childish and silly. However, At the end of the play, she is much wiser. She now judges her parents and Gerald from a different perspective, her social conscience has been awakened. Sheila becomes a completely different person.The question is asking me to write about how Priestly presents the change (whhich is colossal) in Sheila during the course of the play.
At the start of the play (act 1), Sheila is described as a girl who is "pleased in life" and is "a pretty girl in her twenties" this shows that she is expected of not much more than to be a pretty face who doesn't need an education but believes she has done things which she is proud of but in fact she has done nothing!This shows to the audience that women in those times were not treated as equally as men and were not seen as people who can make their own choices in life as they are "uneducated" and are …show more content…
You can see this from the quote "I behaved badly too.I know I did. I'm ashamed of it. But now you're beginning all over again to pretend that nothing much has happened." I feel that, this would make the audience respect Sheila more and see her as a independant woman; oppose to thinking of her as a foolish little girl like they did at the start of the play. I think that Priestly did this to show that women could speak powerfully and well; they weren't just empty-headed dolls; socalisms view on women was much
At the start of the play (act 1), Sheila is described as a girl who is "pleased in life" and is "a pretty girl in her twenties" this shows that she is expected of not much more than to be a pretty face who doesn't need an education but believes she has done things which she is proud of but in fact she has done nothing!This shows to the audience that women in those times were not treated as equally as men and were not seen as people who can make their own choices in life as they are "uneducated" and are …show more content…
You can see this from the quote "I behaved badly too.I know I did. I'm ashamed of it. But now you're beginning all over again to pretend that nothing much has happened." I feel that, this would make the audience respect Sheila more and see her as a independant woman; oppose to thinking of her as a foolish little girl like they did at the start of the play. I think that Priestly did this to show that women could speak powerfully and well; they weren't just empty-headed dolls; socalisms view on women was much