These might be poorly constructed in terms of grammar because they were rushed notes that were made during class, but I think they may be helpful:
· She’s deeply affected by the Inspector’s visit – she feels Remorse for Eva Smith.
· She is in her early 20s.
· She could be described as innocent, light-hearted and witty, even naïve to an extent.
· She lives a prosperous life.
· A lot of her dialogue suggests that she’s very vain and vapid in the early parts of the play.
· She makes a joke about ‘purple-faced old men drinking port.’ She highlights how young and attractive Gerald is in comparison to most men.
· She acts very giddily and well-spirited.
· She’s a bit spoilt, and reacts spitefully and passive-aggressively. Eric mentions her ‘nasty and aggressive side.’
· She’s already suspicious of Gerald due to his absence in the summer.
· She’s extremely sarcastic. – she makes a sappy response about her ‘weeping’ if Gerald kept drinking. She talks about the engagement ring that Gerald ‘wanted’ her to war, suggesting that he dominates the relationship as he chose it for her – conforming how girls acted in that era.
· She’s horrified by the circumstances of the Inspector’s interrogation.
· She had a social conscience and she feels empathy for the girl. – ‘these girls aren’t cheap labour, they’re people.’ – A gargantuan, stark contrast to her mother.
· She is remorseful. She immediately accepts the idea that she is responsible to a degree. She feels compelled to stay and hear everything, the Inspector makes a great impression on her as she realises the effects and consequences of her actions (Sheila is fascinated by Inspector Goole). – ‘He’s giving us the rope, so we’ll hang ourselves.’ (Sheila on the Inspector); Sheila tries to accept their fate and is on a quest for truth and justice, rather than the other trying to stall the Inspector until he runs out of questions for leads and clues.
· She is more contrite at the end.
· Contextually – most upper-class women thought that they were pretty because they were of their class, anything that bends their ideology of lower-class appearances of being attractive may serve as a catalyst for envy.
· She clings and stays might truer and more genuinely dislikes how her family try to shrug off responsibility for Eva.
· She shows the most mature reaction as the youngest – ironic as her parents refer to her a child, being ‘hysterical’ and ‘overtired.’ A bond of trust is broken between her and her fiancé, Sheila is most likely affected by the Inspector’s visit.