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Don't be an ass
- Sheila: Don't be an ass, Eric.
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Get a hint. At the start of the play Sheila and Eric have the usual sibling relationship as they seem to be squabbling over the fact that Eric was drunk. "SHEILA: You're squiffy. ERIC: I'm not." "ERIC: If you think that's the best she can do-. SHEILA: Don't be an ass Eric." 1 / 6.
She represents (with Eric) the younger generation – Priestley saw them as ‘more impressionable’ – after all, they were the future. She gives the audience hope that their society can improve if people make changes and take responsibility.
Sheila, like Eric, allows Priestley to show his opinions on youth. He felt that there was hope in the young people of post-war Britain. He saw them as the ones who would help solve the problems...
Feb 22, 2021 · Analysis: Mr Birling tells Eric he has to stay to account for the money he has stolen, Sheila is saying that is not the real issue here. The real issue is Eva’s death. Money can return, can come back, Eva won’t.
Birling: If you've nothing more sensible than that to say, Sheila you'd better keep quiet. Eric: She's right, though. Birling: (angrily) And you'd better keep quiet anyhow.
Social and historical context. J B Priestley uses Eric as he does Sheila - to suggest that the young people of a post-war Britain would be the answer to a hopeful future. With Eric he also...
Sheila, in contrast to the majority of other characters (save Eric), places no blame on Eva. She accepts that her own faults of jealousy caused her to envy Eva’s beauty and mistreat her. This reaction directly contrasts Mrs Birling, who adopts the view that “firstly I blame the girl herself”.
