'An Inspector Calls': Sheila Character Analysis (animated)

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[@guscox9651]

A lot of people think Sheila goes from being genuinely stupid to clever, but I think at the beginning she agrees to fill the sterotype but is not actually as immature as she seems. When she hints at how she knows Gerald wasn't seeing her in the holidays not because he was busy but because he was seeing someone else, we can tell she is clever all the way through the play

[@Omnom_your_mom]

Yeha I agree too. But that would debunk the "you can change too" thing

[@C6Wolves]

She isn't stupid no,but she is immature and materalisic.Her focus goes straight fully to the nice ring despite when Gerald gave it to her despite the serious and tense conversation her and Gerald had just had.

[@kohenbyron3895]

Instablaster...

[@bossman69bossman32]

@@C6Wolves I agree. She was also extremely childish by referring to Mrs Birling as 'mummy' which conveys her a lack of maturity. It is also stereotypically posh to refer to her mother as 'mummy' which conveys she highly values an upper-class person.

[@oliverplant8664]

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[@jamescoutts3873]

i think this is the most common exam question in an inspector calls, as sheila is the role model for the change priestly wants in the society after the war. you cover it brilliantly Mr Bruff and these videos are extremely helpful thank you!

[@mrbruff]

You're welcome and thanks for the encouragement!

[@bh3478]

perfect timing for my 40 marker on Sheila! thank you Mr Bruff!!!

[@swapnilgurung801]

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[@cringeworthy4755]

Anyone else have a test where you don’t know which character you have to write 10 paragraphs about so you’ve crammed and rewatch all of these videos over and over again until everything’s just a mushed pile in your brain and you can’t remember anything and you don’t even know what counts as a pass because the Exam Board doesn’t decide what it is until after the exam?

[@solo3976]

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[@fa1leas766]

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[@joyce-gloriakabangu9409]

This video was very helpful and enabled me to understand so much about the character of Sheila and social change, I would 10/10 recommend this video to anyone struggling with the character of Sheila or the inspector calls play as a whole.

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[@mrbruff]

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[@tituspaul4844]

how did it go??

[@DaveDVideoMaker]

Hopefully you’ll release all animated character analysis videos before the Year 11 mock exams. My mock exams start on the 18th of November.

[@venture9700]

how did you do?

[@DaveDVideoMaker]

@@venture9700 That comment was made two years ago.
Anyways, I got a 5 in that mock I think. It’s been over two years since I did something GCSE related.

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[@glinticious2543]

In Act 1, Sheila addresses her parents as "Mummy" and "Daddy", showing immaturity and childlike- behaviour. The first impression of Sheila that we receive is that she is naive and materialistic, we get this as she is clingy to her ring "I will let it out of my sight". This is well contrasted to Act 2, where she addresses her parents as "Mother" and "Father" and even directly talks to her mother, despite the patronising from Mrs Birling, Sheila's character has become more mature in Act 2, upon learning about the death of Eva Smith.
The character of Sheila feels the most guilt out of all the characters for the death of Eva Smith because she is most alike her; "a pretty girl, in her early twenties." Her character first begins to change when she finds out about the working conditions of the women in the work houses from her father, "These girls aren't cheap labour- they're people!" she argues back to her father which she wouldn't have done before in Act 1 in her childish attitude.
(What Grade would you rate this so far-)

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[@lowandbeland3416]

Hello, Mr Bruff, I realised you do not do Mailbox Mondays anymore, but I had a question. I have just started my degree in English With Secondary Education, how do I become confident when beginning to teach and going on placements? Thanks.

[@mrbruff]

I think one of the key things in the early days is realising that the persona you project in class is what students will believe is you. So project confidence even if you don't feel it. ACT confident and eventually you won't be acting anymore.

[@nolsss2531]

Really happy that this exists. Great revision in quarantine

[@missalsharki]

Thanks so much! This has been so helpful for my exams!

[@mrbruff]

Glad I could help!

[@Lennon-ls3jy]

Inspector Goole, Inspector Priestley and now Inspector Sheila? They might as well have called it "An inspector (based on a different person who is now like an inspector) calls upon six people, one of whom will later act like an inspector"

[@Talented3456]

love the new format of videos, extremely helpful :)

[@mrbruff]

Thanks!

[@professionaljess]

ive got my first mock exam for sheila coming up soon and i just wanted to say that this video is absolutely phenomenal and it is incredibly helpful

[@mrbruff]

Great!

[@courtneythepanda1133]

THANK YOU JUST IN TIME i have to write up a character essay on Sheila, due in tomorrow!

[@shotbyibby]

lucky you

[@murtazahaider2500]

Hi, MR Bruff, you said that you made a video on Gender (1:17) and that you'd link it in the description, but you haven't.
Thank you....

[@haydenchisholm1755]

@Miles Black Are you in year 11 rn doing teacher assessed grades?

[@haydenchisholm1755]

@Miles Black Lucky; I'm in year 11 :(

[@haydenchisholm1755]

@Miles Black I have to do mocks in a few weeks when I go back to school and they will determine my GCSE's so I basically am doing them :(

[@haydenchisholm1755]

@Miles Black Cheers bro

[@am-hm4oz]

@@haydenchisholm1755 how did they go

[@jacobh1151]

Bro ive just started university it feels like yesterday i was doing this play for GCSE

[@am-hm4oz]

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[@SamuelDaBoss]

Town

[@beth9428]

thank you SO much mr buff i love ur informative vids

[@Luke-uw1fn]

I have an exam explaining the importance of Sheila tomorrow so this has helped a lot 😁

[@BTS_WORLD17]

An Inspector Calls is set in 1912.
The First World War is yet to start. Birling's view that "the Germans don't want war," is known to be incorrect by all audience members as the play wasn't performed until 1946.
The Titanic was in production but hadn't begun its ill-fated maiden voyage.
There was a patriarchal society - men - were seen as more powerful than women. Women were seen as cheap labour, their main concern was to get married, be a housewife and look after the children.
The ruling classes saw no need to change their position. There was a strong divide between the upper and lower classes. An Inspector Calls was written in 1945.
World War II ended on 8 May 1945. People (including the first II audiences of the play) were recovering from nearly 6 years of warfare, danger and uncertainty.
It was known that the Titanic sank in 1912.
As a result of the wars and the Suffragette movement, women were more valued in society.
There was a great desire for social change and, primarily as a result of the wars, there were less divisions between classes.

[@mimisolo7778]

im a bit late, but i just wanted to mention that when sheila first finds out that she helped kill eva, she runs out of the room crying, whereas when gerald tells her to leave later on in the play she chooses to stay and hear his story even though she knows it will cause her distress. this is one of the ways she can be seen growing as a person. good luck on paper 2 fellas 🤞🤞

[@alli6199]

This was really useful thank you

[@mrbruff]

You're welcome!

[@LaurenCorbett123]

I just want to say thank you so much for ur vids in my mock last year I got a grade 3 and in my mock this year I got a 6 ur vids help me a lot :)

[@mrbruff]

Congratulations!

[@jameskonefal3453]

Why is it that I have only just realised from another YT commenter that Sheila is a characternym for "shielded"? No one seems to mention this.

[@jameskonefal3453]

@@jennifersolini Personally, I think it was Priestley's intention to do this. It seems too much of a coincidence otherwise.

[@inversetc2502]

Can anyone tell me the question that came up in literature paper 2 about inspector calls

[@anasmezouar4678]

TaZeReSS _SKRT how does priestly present remourse through shiela birling

[@nol_05]

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[@StillOnDeen]

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[@harsonpakeer7499]

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[@mrbruff]

Great!

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[@mishafrost2622]

This video saved my English work and many hours

[@mrbruff]

Great!

[@jawa9376]

If you go to 3:26 and look and the Inspector's hat, you can see part change colour.

[@bradhann4609]

my teacher just told me with 1 day notice that we have a assessment on sheila :/

[@simsgal_007]

can anyone find the video about gender in an inspector calls?? or has it been taken down :((((

[@mrbruff]

Actually I never ended up making that video.

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[@amelieardash]

thanks so much helped me achieve a 9 in english lit and language

[@mrbruff]

Congratulations!

[@bu_nny4417]

Thank you for helping me through a practise essay I was given 🙂

[@am-hm4oz]

is the vocab used in these vids enough to gain the 8 marks for vocab?

[@myescape607]

I've noticed that in ur videos there is analysis but not a lot of a02. Is the school I'm using enforcing ao2 too much and you present all that is needed or are you possibly not adding enough? Thanks for the videos they help :)

[@mrbruff]

Thank you for your question. I would say that A02 is the majority of what I cover in my videos. Let’s take this Sheila analysis video as an example. AO2 is ‘Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.’ In this video here are some of the ways I do just that:
1. The point about Sheila’s changing terms of address, from the infantile mummy / daddy to the more mature mother / father, is language analysis when considering the connotations of the terms of address, and structure analysis when considering how these terms change over time (and what that suggests about the character).
2. The point about how Sheila’s words to Gerald of ‘you fool - he knows’ demonstrate a dramatic shift in her personality: the little girl who was cooing over a ring has gone, and her passivity has been replaced with a fiery indignation, is a structure point about how the character has changed from the start of the play.
3. The point about how Sheila was interrupted by her mother early in the play, but goes on to interrupt her mother later is a structure point about how the character has changed.
4. The way in which Sheila’s use of interrogatives and Biblical imagery reflects that of Inspector Goole is language analysis.
I might not preface each point with the type of analysis it is, but you can rest assured that all of my detailed preparation for videos is grounded firmly in the relevant assessment objectives.

[@myescape607]

@@mrbruff ahhh thank you. I just feel so much pressure sometimes to add something like 'this simile/metaphor/imagery/monologue/dramatic irony, shows this and that and name the actual devices every time. I've never used structure point before :)

[@mrbruff]

I understand. The terminology in this video would be things like terms of address, Biblical imagery, mirroring, interrogatives etc.

[@rokerlegend6137]

How many quotes should we use in our answer,an estimate?

[@scaraswife9591]

Roker legend Sooo literature you might use 3 for one character and you could add some other little ones but it depends how you're writing it. In my school we should remember atleast 2-3 quotes for each character

[@rokerlegend6137]

@@scaraswife9591 thx

[@scaraswife9591]

also idk if i understood that wrong back then but not sure what structure you use in your school. In our school we do
Intro
Paragraph1
Paragraph2
Paragraph3
Maybe 4
Conclusion
and its good if you use one quote for each paragraph and maybe add a small one in if you're gonna like link it or sum

[@am-hm4oz]

@@scaraswife9591 umm u should use at least 3 or 4 quotes in each paragraph so learn 10 to be safe

[@huttonberries768]

lmao my test is on how sheila develops throughout the play. this is basically hax

[@quax2765]

I want a movie about Sheila and the Inspector living together several years later :3

[@blushinjimin5782]

Whaaaat

[@husnalatif]

Wtf..

[@JS-gm3pd]

LMAO what

[@proudchristian9873]

@@husnalatif word, wtf..

[@solo3976]

LOOOOOOL

[@mrinthirarajah5862]

Fantastic. My students found this very useful

[@mrbruff]

Glad it was helpful!

[@HiBye-su2iv]

Anyone have a mock on theme tomorrow cause me tooo ehhehehehhehehe

[@benraine6705]

Thank you very much. Very helpful.

[@ttfoboy1928]

how much marks would this anaysis get

[@wump5430]

sheila lookin peng

[@huttonberries768]

peng ting

[@estellexlx]

Lmao

[@am-hm4oz]

@@huttonberries768 nah she leng bro yummy gal

[@NotOnlyLilz]

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[@johnkennedy8484]

Pov: your here because you got an exam tomorrow

[@am-hm4oz]

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[@amelia-jadeknight9347]

In an hour ✋

[@am-hm4oz]

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[@m.e.g.a.n07]

Ur videos are very useful and helpful😁

[@Alfislol]

does anyone know what shiela and mr birling relationship is like?

[@proudchristian9873]

thanks

[@ibi6245]

legend

[@marche1246]

What quotes show that sheila mimics the inspector?

[@dannss6]

oh ok fire blood and anguish

[@marche1246]

Thanks

[@shamiyahm9552]

I like sheila

[@georgelittler2435]

Congratulations

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@@georgelittler2435 ??🤔🤔

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[@Freya-u4f]

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[@sarah-yy1il]

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[@Stephanie-vf8uk]

Aku ingat pasal inspector Sheila

[@stillleaf4494]

1

[@sarad3519]

exam tomorrowwww

[@josephstalin775]

Nick gur

[@nufc6511]

Can anyone just summarise everything he says so I can copy and paste it for my homework?

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