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Comparison of Sheila and Lady MacbethIn this essay I will compare Sheila and Lady Macbeth's relationship with their husband, at the beginning of the play, Sheila and Gerald they've known each other for a while, and they're here celebrating their engagement which Sheila is really happy about, in the middle she starts to gain some power and by the end she's fully in power and tells her family what to do . Gerald comes from a rich, powerful and respected family. At the beginning of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is in control of the relationship, she starts out as the man of the relationship with typical Jacobean women as she commits suicide and kills herself in the end. At the beginning of the play "An Inspector Call", JB Priestly presents Sheila and Gerald with an unbalanced relationship, because Gerald sees himself as dominant and in control of the relationship, while Sheila is naive and rather immature for her age. Gerald chose and bought the engagement ring for Sheila, this shows that Gerald is dominant, showing his authority and Sheila has nothing to say about it, 'this is what you want me to have'. This shows us her willingness to be controlled by Gerald, this ties into how their relationship is unbalanced as Gerald has more power and he is in charge. We can also see this when Sheila says “…all last summer when you never came close to me, and I wondered what happened to you.” Even though he says it half-jokingly, it's clear that he thinks Gerald is up to something, but he reacts to it somehow. This once again demonstrates her naivety about the relationship and shows that she allows herself to be controlled by Gerald. Even though Gerald dominates her, and Mr Birling pushes her relationship with Gerald,... middle of paper... their relationship. This is because in the end both Sheila and Lady Macbeth both end their relationship with their partner. However the main difference is that Lady Macbeth kills herself while Sheila continues to live, with or without Gerald. Ultimately I think they won't get back together, even if the Birlings try to persuade Sheila, because she has changed so much during the story. play and can stand up to his family. Sheila points out that they shouldn't keep acting like nothing happened, and they should learn from the experience, and I think she might forget Gerald because of what she learned about him and the things he did. And for Lady Macbeth the relationship is over and at the very end Macbeth is also beheaded.BY : JOMIT-JOSE