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Essay Title​ - How is Sheila presented?
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Naïve and Shallow (theme: Class/Status)
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Direct and Perceptive (theme: Lies/Appearance vs Reality)
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Tractable (theme: Responsibility)
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Didactic (theme: Generation Gap)
Paragraph 1 – ​Class/Status – Naïve and Shallow
OVERALL​ – Presented as very childish and sheltered in exposition
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‘​Oh – Gerald – you’ve got it – is it the one…?
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Otherwise, you wouldn’t look so guilty
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Bitterness/sarcasm
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Awareness of Gerald’s dishonesty
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You were the wonderful Fairy Prince
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Increasing impatience with Gerald’s story (a growing impatience with everyone
else’s unwillingness to take responsibility?)
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Clearly deeply hurt by his dishonesty – ties back into her being childish and sheltered HOWEVER
sarcastic defence mechanism potentially contradicts this
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Short sentences – Curt nature shows influence of Mrs Birling
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Appearance vs Reality – childish and immature publicly yet sarcastic and cutting in
private?
Paragraph 3​ – Responsibility – Tractable
OVERALL​ – Views are easily influenced by Goole, showing hope for younger generation and capacity to change
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‘​I was very rude…I went to the manager…-and-and-​
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Admits her mistake – becomes more responsible than her parents
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Cooperates with the Inspector who has taught her about social responsibility
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Repetition and aposiopesis show she is on the verge of breaking down – emotional, deeply
affected, remorseful OR allows audience to speculate on what she did
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‘​So nothing really happened
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Repeated rhetorical phrasing shows her development through the play to take responsibility for
her actions – Shares this phrasing with Mrs Birling, showing Mother’s influence
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Anaphora of ‘so’ shows intense feelings on the matter
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Supported by ‘​(passionately)​’ and ​‘(flaring up)​’
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‘​(cutting in)​’ like the Inspector (may be a good link from an extract?)
Paragraph 4​ – Generation Gap – Didactic
OVERALL ​– Tries to teach the rest of her family a lesson, becoming the Inspector’s assistant and more distant from
her parents
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Sarcasm and irony used to show how ridiculous her parents are being – audience sides with her
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Shows the audience that the younger generation can help change society for a better future
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She has learnt from the Inspector and is remorseful
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Sarcasm may be from Inspector’s influence
Conclusion (Purpose of Character)​
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Represents Priestley’s views on social responsibility
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Offers hope for the future
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An example of people’s changing attitudes
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At times acts like an assistant to the Inspector
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Is his mouthpiece when he leaves the stage



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