Eric Birling Character mindmap
- Created by: mbull
- Created on: 29-12-17 17:48
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- Eric Birling
- 'not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive.'
- Could be drunk at the start
- 'suddenly gaffaws'
- He drinks 'pretty hard'
- Involvement with Eva Smith
- He met her at the Palace bar
- Forced her into his way home and got her pregnant
- 'I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty.'
- Stole money from father's business to support her
- Had a privileged education
- Relationships
- Mr Birling
- Doesn't have his father's approval
- 'because you're not the kind of father a chap can go to when he's in trouble.'
- His parents care more about public scandal than Eric
- Mrs Birling
- Poor mother
- She had no idea about his drinking
- Sheila
- Not close at the start
- Share the same view at the end of the play
- Not close at the start
- Gerald
- May be jealous that Gerald is the son Birling always wanted
- Mr Birling
- Significance in the play
- Abused is power over a working class girl
- He accepts responsibility and is ashamed
- 'the fact remains I did what I did'
- Eric and Sheila represent the younger generation
- 'More impressiona-ble'
- He accepts responsibility and is ashamed
- Abused is power over a working class girl
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