Sheila Grade 7 in 3 Words

[zoey]

I would've never thought of that link to WW2, your videos are always so insightful!

[ayahseveryday]

i have written what you have said.


Because sheila acts as a proxy for the inspector it's very easy for us to assume that she has fully learnt the inspector's lesson but the second death of Eva and this represents the second world war, suggests inevitability, it suggests that perhaps the lesson was still not enough, so we can justify that Priestley's purpose is to show that patriarchal society has suppressed Eva's ability to influence the future(because shes a women). in contrast to the female audience of 1945, who all had the vote and can change the future.

[mrsquatlegend]

Thank you Mr Salles! Will you do a language paper 1 walk through, and what the examiner wants to see you do ; and importantly your thought process?

[holahola]

Hello Mr Salles, what grade do you think my essay is in and how can i improve it? Thank you!

How does Priestley present relationships between men and women in An Inspector Calls? Write about:
• examples of male and female relationships in the play
• how Priestley presents these relationships

In this didactic play, “An Inspector Calls”, J.B. Priestley constructs different characters to convey his message of the inequality between men and women that exist in society, therefore, there is an urgency for change.
In the opening stage direction, Priestley deliberately put “Arthur Birling on one end” of the table, and “his wife on the other”. In the Edwardian society, normally, only men can sit at the end of the table to show they were in charge of the house. However, in this play, they are both sitting in the end, and the contemporary audience would realise there was something abnormal happening, therefore having a question from the very start of the play. In addition, women in 1912 society were starting to gain power because of the suffragettes' movement. Perhaps Priestley wants his audience, which was especially women when the play was first performed, because many men were still fighting on board, to know this question can be solved by them; who just gained the vote in 1945, to vote for the Labour government who promised equality between gender. Making it not only a didactic play but also a feminist and political play.
When Mr. Birling is talking about the engagement between Gerald and Shelia, he exclaims “ it means a tremendous lot to me”, showing the audience he is happy not because of her daughter finding ‘true love’; but instead of making allies with Crofts Limited “for lower costs and higher prices”. It shows us that women are being used as an object for men’s own gain, Sheila’s name is similar to Cecilia in Latin, which means blind. Priestley deliberately chose this name in order to covey how women were being blinded in the patriarchal society, which makes them can’t see the truth.
During Gerald's interrogation, he states Daisey looks different from the “old, dough-faced women” showing women in Edwardian society were being chosen like an object for men to exploit whenever they want, just like Daisey Renton. Priestley is using the inspector as a proxy to condemn this behaviour, showing “there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smith” will be exploited “if men will not learn that lesson”, which they will end up in “fire and blood and anguish”. The use of Biblical Reference shows that Priestley is saying if you are a Christian, which 80% of the people in 1945 were, you should be a socialist and therefore vote for the labour government; because they both use similar language.
By the end of the play, we see that Sheila has fully learned the lesson and wanted to change her family's view, however, this cannot prevent the second death of Eva which symbolises that “men have not learned the lesson”, therefore leading to the second world war, when the phone rang. This happened just after Sheila says “no, not yet, it’s too soon” when Gerald asks “how about the ring”. We know that she will eventually marry Gerald in order to get shelter and financial support from him, we can see that she is being forced by the patriarchal society. Perhaps Priestley showed women's lack of power in 1912 and invited his audience to vote for a change.
In conclusion, Priestley is using this didactic play to give his audience a very clear point of how they can change the society and not go back to 1912 by simply voting for the labour government, otherwise, they will end up in damnation forever.

[amel.z]

thank u for this !! I was just wondering, where would we fit this in an essay about Sheila?

[victoriakorlewala]

Hello Mr Salles, I just began learning the English Language GCSE Course In February of this year following my move back to England. I got a 6 in my February mock, but I want a 9. For P1 Q2, I got a 3/8 on the question, but following your walk through as well as practicing form other videos, I got a 7/8 according to my teachers mark. What advice would you have on me securing the 9, as well as in English Lit?

[SaintKaizerv]

Can you explain what you mean when you say Eva died twice.