When Sheila hears the news that Eva Smith has killed herself she is devastated. She looks at the photograph of Eva Smith, ("recognizes it with a little cry, gives a half stifled sob, and then runs out"). Her mood also changes and she starts to see things in a different perspective to try and understand the situation and her involvement in it. She regrets what she has done and promises to "never, never do it again to anybody". At this stage the audience sees Sheila as a very honest individual. She admits that she was jealous and that her pride was insulted and that "If she'd been some miserable plain little creature, I don't suppose I'd have done it. But she was very pretty". Eva Smith killed herself because she could not withstand the problems mounting in her life; she had no money, no friends and no family. As Sheila observes everyone's involvement in Eva Smith's downfall she begins to recognize the message behind Inspector Goole's visit to the Birling Family, "Well he inspected us
When Sheila hears the news that Eva Smith has killed herself she is devastated. She looks at the photograph of Eva Smith, ("recognizes it with a little cry, gives a half stifled sob, and then runs out"). Her mood also changes and she starts to see things in a different perspective to try and understand the situation and her involvement in it. She regrets what she has done and promises to "never, never do it again to anybody". At this stage the audience sees Sheila as a very honest individual. She admits that she was jealous and that her pride was insulted and that "If she'd been some miserable plain little creature, I don't suppose I'd have done it. But she was very pretty". Eva Smith killed herself because she could not withstand the problems mounting in her life; she had no money, no friends and no family. As Sheila observes everyone's involvement in Eva Smith's downfall she begins to recognize the message behind Inspector Goole's visit to the Birling Family, "Well he inspected us