Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Eric Birling
- Not quite able to fit in with the adults
- Uncomfortable
- "Half shy, half assertive."
- Very opinionated
- "I hate these fat old tarts."
- No regard for women
- Doesn't have any respect for them
- Honest
- "I don't give a damn right now."
- Heavily affected by the Inspector
- Examination of conscience
- Will change his ways
- Shows remorse
- "I say the girl's dead and we all
helped to kill her."
- Perceptive
- Takes responsibility
- "you were saying Dad, a man
has to look after himself."
- Context - captialism
- Doesn't get on with his father
- "You're not the kind of father a
chap could go to when he's
trouble."
- Under the facade
- Heavy drinker
- "You're squiffy."
- Physically and emotionally violent
- "I threatened to make a row."
- Thief
- "There were some
accounts to collect, and I
asked for cash."
- Treatment of women
- Lower class
- Uses them for his own pleasure
- Doesn't treat them properly
- Objectifies them
- "I wasn't in love with her or anything."
- Doesn't consider their feelings
- Upper class
- Respects his mother and sister
- "Well I'm old enough to be married."
- Context - wife will be financial
responsibility