The next person the inspector interrogated was Sheila, her involvement with Eva was when Eva got her second job but this time at a department store called Milwards, and Sheila (with a very big account there at Milwards) went in to do some clothes shopping. Sheila picked up a piece of clothing but was advised against it by Eva and another shop assistant. She tried the piece of clothing on anyway and realised that Eva had been right, but then Eva was talking to the shop assistant and Sheila thought she was making fun behind her back so because of her vanity she abused her power as the daughter of a powerful and wealthy man to get Eva sacked. She did this by saying to the manager that if she did not sack Eva then she would close her and her mother's account at Milwards. Sheila's portion of the blame revolves around her being too vain and spiteful and making rash decisions in the heat of the moment. She was wrong as far as she abused her power just to be spiteful but then later on she shows remorse so we know it was done in the heat of the moment.
So near the end of the play we feel a bit more sorry for Sheila because of this. This is shown a number of times in lines such as "It's a shame" and "I know I'm to blame and I'm desperately sorry". We also know that she has strong moral values and is very strong-minded about women's rights as she contradicts her father, who talks about Eva as cheap labour, by saying "Women aren't cheap labour".
As part of her morality we know that she values honesty, as after Gerald admits an affair with Daisy Renton (Eva Smith), she says, "Well at least he's been honest".
But as this was Eva's "last steady job" it was understandable that Eva became unstable and this would have driven her one step closer to suicide. So in conclusion towards this character I think we cannot blame her totally as she is a bright, intelligent girl who's full of youth and life and the idea of youth being in the play gives it the idea of a future and hope. Sheila is engaged to a man called Gerald Croft.
Gerald croft was brought up into a high place in society. His connection with Daisy Renton (Eva Smith) was when he met her in the palace bar when someone was forcing themselves on top of Daisy, so he helped her and found out that she didn't have a proper place to live or any money to talk of. Gerald let her use some rooms he was looking after and gave her money.
The only way I can see that this contributed towards her death was when he and Daisy agreed that she couldn't stay in the rooms.
Therefore in conclusion for this character I can't say that I would place any portion of the blame upon Gerald Croft, as he seems to be the only one that was "ever good for her".
The next person questioned was Mrs Birling, her involvement with Eva was when Eva turned to her charity committee when she found out she was pregnant and went there using the name `Mrs Birling' and the real Mrs Birling was so self satisfied that she automatically turned herself against the case but not only did she make sure that she did not help Eva but made sure everyone else didn't help her too! Therefore Mrs Birling is much like her husband, power hungry and a selfish person who likes to think of herself as higher than the queen, she is like her husband in the way that she shifts the blame onto other people as she says, "I accept no blame for it at all".
We also know that she is prejudiced and we know this because the inspector says, "You admit being prejudiced against her case" So in conclusion to this character I would say that she most definitely deserves a good portion of the blame.
When Eric enters we find out that he was connected to Eva because he made her pregnant, it started in the palace bar and Eric took advantage and threatened to make a row if she did not let him into her residence, so he went in and they had sex and this went on for a few weeks and Eric found out that she didn't have much money so he stole money from his dads office. Then Eric found out that she was pregnant and asked her if she wanted him to marry her but she said no because she knew that he couldn't marry her. The only other thing that would have made not marry him would be because he had a love for alcohol. He tries to justify himself by saying it was purely for the sex. Eric also shows remorse towards Eva now that she was dead which means he is more like Sheila and this means we could also forgive Eric a little bit too. In conclusion to Eric I would not place all of the blame on Eric but he deserves a fair share for using her as a sex object.
In Conclusion they are all collectively responsible because they all contributed towards her death in some way, but these are all morality issues and this is what the Birling family and Gerald Croft lack - morals.