Eric is presented as uneasy at the beginning of the play
“not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive”
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Eric doesn’t treat Eva well
“she was pretty and a good sport”
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Eric is shown to challenge his father
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices.”
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Eric blames Mrs Birling for Eva’s death
“you killed her” “your own grandchild - you killed them both”
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Eric is presented as angry with his parents at the end of the play.
“I’m ashamed of you as well - yes, both of you.”
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Eric is presented as having learnt from the Inspector’s visit, even if the Inspector may not have been real.
“He was our police inspector all right.”
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Eric recognises that it doesn’t matter if they were all shown photos of separate girls.
“it’s still the same rotten story”
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Eric forced himself apon Eva
“I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty”
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Eric is presented as lacking in respect for women and prostitutes
“I hate these fat old tarts”
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Eric is presented as not having a close relationship with his father
“you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble”
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Eric treated Eva inhumanely
“Just used her… as if she was an animal, a thing”
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Eric is presented as having accepted his responsibility in Eva’s death and feels passionately about trying to make his parents understand the role they played.
“(shouting) And I say the girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her - and that’s what matters-”
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Eric sides with Sheila at the end of the play, showing the generational divide between them and their parents.
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