Female Roles: A Contrast Women play many roles in the societies of today and those of past. They have been gatherers and they have been homemakers. These days they wear the new mask of the conformity of the business world. The suits hide their figures and their femininity is stripped away. This stripping did not begin in this decade nor the one before it and certainly not the one before that. This subject began long …showed first 75 words of 599 total…

…showed last 75 words of 599 total…lines 36-52). The Witches prophecies being the guiding force of the Scottish tale. Lastly there are the women of An Inspector Calls. Sybil Birling is only interested in the families' reputation. She's a very conservative and old-fashioned woman. Sheila Birling is at the beginning very egoistic and self-confident, but near the end she thinks more clearly and accepts responsibility. In the end there may be changes in character, but the women's roles remain the same.