Eric Birling - Inspector Calls
- Created by: S.Music
- Created on: 02-02-20 15:38
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- Eric
- Personality
- Awkward + embarassed
- He interrupts Sheila + Gerald when he "suddenly guffaws"
- Guilty + frustrated
- "Oh - my God - how stupid it all is!"
- Unloved
- "you don't understand anything. You never did"
- Cares about Eva
- "so I gave her enough money to keep going"
- Sensitive
- "my God - I'm not likely to forget"
- Alcoholic
- "I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty"
- Modern in his thinking
- "why shouldn't they try for higher wages?"
- Irresponsible
- "I didn't even remember - that's the hellish thing"
- Awkward + embarassed
- Key Quotes
- "half shy, half assertive"
- "shy" - unease within family - sense of isolation/ abandonment he feels towards his parents
- "assertive" - has confidence in some ways
- "why shouldn't they try for higher wages?"
- rhetorical question - ironically depicts frustration on hearing about exploitation of lower class workers
- "suddenly guffaws"
- showing erratic behaviour early on to foreshadow events
- builds mystery and tension
- showing erratic behaviour early on to foreshadow events
- "I didn't even remember - that's the hellish thing"
- use of adverb "even" shows he is disgusted at his own behaviour
- "half shy, half assertive"
- Role
- drunkenness represents bad side of the Birlings
- Birling disappointed with him
- Gets on better with Gerald, must be upsetting for Eric
- parents don't want a scandal
- don't care about him as much as they care about what people will think
- forces himself on Eva/Daisy and gets her pregnant
- doesn't even remember doing it
- Personality
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