Eric Birling
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- Created on: 09-05-18 20:01
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- Eric Birling
- Age
- Along with Sheila Eric represents the younger generation.
- "the fact remains i did what i did"
- By taking responsibility for his actions Eric is doing the opposite to Mr Birling - he is acting more like a socialist then a capitalist.
- Priestley does this to make his audience trust the socialist characters more than the capitalist ones in the hope that is audience will root for a more communally responsible and socialist future
- Responsibility
- He and Sheila both take responsibility for their actions
- Along with Sheila Eric represents the younger generation.
- "the fact remains i did what i did"
- By taking responsibility for his actions Eric is doing the opposite to Mr Birling - he is acting more like a socialist then a capitalist.
- Priestley does this to make his audience trust the socialist characters more than the capitalist ones in the hope that is audience will root for a more communally responsible and socialist future
- Responsibility
- He and Sheila both take responsibility for their actions
- He and Sheila both take responsibility for their actions
- By taking responsibility for his actions Eric is doing the opposite to Mr Birling - he is acting more like a socialist then a capitalist.
- He is shaken by the Inspectors message and the role that he played in Eva/Daisy's suicide
- "my god - i'm not likely to forget"
- "the fact remains i did what i did"
- Along with Sheila Eric represents the younger generation.
- He and Sheila both take responsibility for their actions
- By taking responsibility for his actions Eric is doing the opposite to Mr Birling - he is acting more like a socialist then a capitalist.
- He is shaken by the Inspectors message and the role that he played in Eva/Daisy's suicide
- "my god - i'm not likely to forget"
- "the fact remains i did what i did"
- Eric argued against Mr Birling's (who represents the older generation) treatment of Eva Smith
- This reinforces the audiences already forming opinion that Eric is a better person than Mr Birling
- Priestley does this to convince his audience to be on Eric's side and therefore on the side of socialism.
- This reinforces the audiences already forming opinion that Eric is a better person than Mr Birling
- Along with Sheila Eric represents the younger generation.
- Relationships
- Eric does not have a very good relationship with his parents
- He complains that neither of his parents are the type of people you could go to if you were seeking help
- "your not the kind of father a chap could go to when he's in trouble"
- Priestley does this to present Mr and Mrs Birling as capitalists who are bad parents so that other parents will not want to be like them
- "your not the kind of father a chap could go to when he's in trouble"
- He complains that neither of his parents are the type of people you could go to if you were seeking help
- Physical attraction was the main motive behind Eric's relationship with Eva
- He did not love her he just took advantage of her
- "she was pretty and a good sport"
- Priestley does this to show how in 1912 many men had relationships with women purely because of the sexual aspect
- Priestley does this with a tragic ending to try and deter men from treating women this way
- Priestley does this to show how in 1912 many men had relationships with women purely because of the sexual aspect
- "she was pretty and a good sport"
- He did not love her he just took advantage of her
- Eric does not have a very good relationship with his parents
- Gender
- In the play, Eric forces himself upon and takes advantage of Eva/Daisy
- "she told me she didn't want me to go in" "i insisted"
- Priestley does this to show his audience how, because of the patriarchal society, men can easily take advantage of women
- Priestley hopes that this will encourage men to stop treating woman badly or it could end in tragic consequences (in this case a suicide)
- Priestley does this to show his audience how, because of the patriarchal society, men can easily take advantage of women
- Class/ social hierarchy
- "she told me she didn't want me to go in" "i insisted"
- Priestley does this to show his audience how, because of the patriarchal society, men can easily take advantage of women
- Priestley hopes that this will encourage men to stop treating woman badly or it could end in tragic consequences (in this case a suicide)
- Priestley does this to show his audience how, because of the patriarchal society, men can easily take advantage of women
- Eric comes from a upper middle class family and so this enabled him to take advantage of a lower class girl
- Priestley does this to show how having a stratified class system can give unfair power to those in higher classes which is unfair to the lower one
- Priestley hopes that by doing this he can convince his audience to forget the class system and all take acre of each other - turn to socialism
- Priestley does this to show how having a stratified class system can give unfair power to those in higher classes which is unfair to the lower one
- "she told me she didn't want me to go in" "i insisted"
- "she told me she didn't want me to go in" "i insisted"
- In the play, Eric forces himself upon and takes advantage of Eva/Daisy
- Age
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