During act 1 the audience recognise one of Sheila’s characteristics by her use of careless language. ‘You must drink to our health’ this reinforces the fact that Sheila’s engagement has engulfed her mind leaving her to think carelessly about anything else. The phrase ‘our health’ quoted by Sheila foreshadows the death of Eva Smith which later she will know about leaving her engagement mood shattered As the play progresses, Sheila’s character develops from being unsympathetic to sympathetic. ‘And I know I’m to blame- and I’m desperately sorry’ this clearly states that she has developed maturity as she shows her sympathetic feeling along with holding responsibility by taking blame for what she had done. ‘Desperately sorry’ this emphasises the point stated that Priestly develops Sheila’s character as the play progresses.
For example, when the Inspector asks Mr Birling, 'Why?' as to why Mr Birling had refused Eva Smith a raise in wage, Mr Birling is completely shocked at being questioned this and says 'Did you say Why?’' This shows that the Inspector is not prepared to wait around for basic answers, he is determined to get the truth by any means possible. The Inspector also interrogates the characters in a particularly harsh and rude manner. He pressures them until they finally break and confess the truth. He tries to make them feel guilty by continuously trying to make them see their errors and how they have been forgetting socialism, making them seem selfish and obnoxious.
How Is Sheila Birling Presented In ‘An Inspector Calls’? In this essay, I will be looking at the different devices that Priestly uses to present Sheila as a spoilt brat who changes her outlook on things to be a more considerate person. I will also be looking at other characters responses to her and her actions and also the method that are used by Priestly to present her in this light. Sheila is very different form her mother Mrs Birling. Although she starts off as very stubborn, Priestly emphasises that she is a girl of many personalities including sympathetic.
He could easily have anyone who caused trouble with him fired because of his position as the Boss’s son. People were afraid to talk to her because it could cost them their job. Although her intentions were probably not harmful, Curley’s wife came across as somewhat promiscuous. The men on the ranch thought she was trouble because of how she acted. They ignored her when she would come by “looking for Curley,” saying nothing more than that he was not there.
He soon changes his tune once he discovers that the Inspector was a fake and quickly acquits himself from all responsibility. Gerald does everything he can to prove the inspector was not real and that Eva Smith is not dead as he even questions the whole situation by saying, ‘How do we know any girl killed herself today’. By trying to think of a way out of his guilt; he does not accept what he has done and soon lets himself off the hook. This shows that Gerald is reluctant to face up to his guilt therefore putting him in the middle of the two
Alina is constantly watching herself making sure that she doesn’t get on Mrs. Kong’s bad side, which would be horrible because she could end up getting fired and after that she will get deported and then she will have nothing to offer her family. On top of that her daughter doesn’t recognize who she is and as for her husband who knows what he could be doing so far away. Later on in the story Mr. Kong also comes out with the truth and end up telling Alina how madly in love he is with her and of course although that is her boss she would not allow him to continue and try to kiss her, so she end up going to jail. After being in jail assuming that is basically the end for her, Mrs. Kong comes out of nowhere and bails
He is now patient of doctor Bradshaw, who does not understand his problem, considers him mentally disturbed and decides to send him to an asylum. Septimus however does not accept it and prefers to commit suicide, which is therefore an act of despair. The two characters do not directly come to know each other. Only at the end of the novel Clarissa listens about S’s death from doctor B who has been invited at her party. This information deeply shocks her.
How does Polonius react to the news of Hamlet’s strange behavior? · He thinks Hamlet is just mad because Ophelia dissed him. 3. What evidence of Hamlet’s affections for Ophelia exists? · He tells Ophelia he loves her and does not love her, thinks she should never have trusted him but wants her to go away to a nunnery for her own protection.
NOTES ON ESSAY 2; Prompt number 1-Overall people lie and keep secrets to live because its all they have left. Sharing secrets is so the other person can then go and use it against them which ruins the friendship and trust but gives them street cred for knowing so much. -Chanda not telling Esther if Chanda’s mother has a will so when she passes it will tell who will inherent the house and garden. Chanda sees what she is doing and out of love, protection, and anger she punches her but is taken back by this sudden outburst and tries to explain to Esther why she did it but Esther not getting the answer she wanted (which was all she wanted/cared about) so she bikes angrily away and only says “Fine Everythings fine, Everythings perfect. PAGES- 80-82 Esther is the one of the main people who uses what her one and only true friend tells her out of trust and uses it against her.
He states at the end of the quote, “perhaps it does not seem to them that we suffer”, which seems to help him forgive his relatives because they don’t know the troubles Kumalo and his wife have suffered. When he first goes to find his sister Gertrude, he is angry at her for shaming his family, “You have shamed us, he says in a low voice, not wishing to make it known to the world. A liquor seller, a prostitute, with a child and you do not know where it is? Your brother a priest? How