Compare and contrast the characters of Mr Birling and Sheila Analyse a key scene in detail
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When comparing characters of Sheila and Mr Birling in 'An Inspector Calls' it is found that there are few similarities. The only main links between the characters are wealth and social status. The Birling family are wealthy, mainly thanks to Mr Birlings business:
"You ought to like this port Gerald."
At the time only wealthy, classier families would drink port. The Birling family are of the middle class, a class very well off within society at the time. Sheila and Mr Birling are both of this category and therefore generally have the same social expectations. One scene that proves this for Sheila's case is when she shops at Milwards:
"I looked silly in the thing."
She is very jealous and upset to see a lower class girl looking better than her. This is because she, being middle class, looks down on the lower class, in this case Eva Smith. She expects respect and dignity to be shown from Eva, not to be humiliated in public...