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An Inspector Call
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- 1the first impression comes from J.B. Priestley's stage direction.we were told that Eric is " not quite at ease" he's apparently "half shy" and "half assertive". we don't know really what to think about him
- 2During his sister engaged he interrupts sheila and Gerald when he " suddenly guffaws" Sheila question what he is laughing about he replies that he just felt the need to laugh, Sheila calls him “squiffy”. Erick provokes her sister and she calls him an ass , at which point Mrs. Birling tells the two of them to stop it.he finds things his family says funny ,even when there's no joke this shows he's out of control or drunk. he's quite noise when when tells Gerald that Sheila's got a temper. he's in an "excitable , silly mood" according to his mum.He's probably at least half drunk.
- 3Eric gets paranoid when Gerald and his dad make the joke about his dad's knighthood. Gerald says "unless Eric's been up to something", and Eric acts suspiciously and seriously "I don't think its very funny" he says "still uneasy" , and also answers "defiantly"sheila knows he drinks a bit, but no one in the family releases how messed up Eric really is firstly , he's drinker a heavy drinker, and has been for a while .We can see Eric"Familiarity with quick heavy drinking" in the way he pours his whisky in act 3. All family sees it too
- 4with this quote "just keep quiet Eric, and don't get excited"We know that Mr Birling recognize that Eric has had too much drink and might easily say something he shouldn'tHe met Eva smith in the bar , she was prostitute and made her pregnant, he stole money from his dad office to support Eva and unborn child .
During act 1 and 2 Eric seems to be nervous,irresponsible, drunk ,and inappropriate( because he says think without think ) - 5we know that Eric family doesn't care about which make us feel sorry for him , he dad sees him as " boy" still, sometimes we get feeling that he wishes Eric was like Gerald, Mr Birling seems to regret paying for his schooling mainly when Eric comments that show sympathy for workersMr Birling says angrily "its about time you to learnt to face a few responsibilities" Sheila seems to care about her Brother , but mostly seems to pity him because he's a mess . she doesn't really try help him"I don't want to get poor Eric into trouble... but ..." she's says this quotes what kind of sister she's ?
- 6Gerald treat Eric like younger brother. Eric mother only care about social like in act 3 she says " I'm absolutely ashamed of you" which shows shes more worried about social scandal that her own sonAn inspector saves rough words for Eric he says Eric used Eva"as if she's were an animal , a thing , not a person"
- 7we feel sorry for Eric for live with Birlings because nobody care about him , nobody knows him. the family is all about social appearanceEric was an alcoholic, who slept with prostitutes Eric got her pregnant and he remembers very little about it , which makes him the
villain but the audience still sympathies with him because he doesn't has good relationship with his family and he doesn't have friends - 8Eric and Mr Birling's "respectable" friends have also seen to go to these types of bars, such as Alderman Meggarty. Gerald has also has done the same in summer.even though they treat women badly.Mr and Mrs Birling don't seem to care what there son has being doing
and the reasons for his behavior, they don't care about him as much as they care about what other people will think of them. the most important think to Mr and Mrs Birling is that they dont get found out - 9Close to the end of movie we learnt that Eric is a victim because he feels isolated and unsupported.He is a product of a narrow-minded middle-class familyEric in frustration of inspector analyse he shouts at his mom "you don't understand anything. You never did. You never even tried" the was the Eric angriest moment in the play
- 10He gets the reader sympathy because he and sheila differ from his parents and sheila refers they parents as " these others who are uncaring and insensitive"He also seems to care more about the workers,
and wants to do something to improve their standards - 11During the play Eric and Sheila release their mistakes and regret what they did. they wish they could put things right. we sympathies we both characters because they show remorse.After the Inspector is found to have been a fake, the Birling parents
and Gerald remain unaffected by the night's events. Sheila points out
that Birling doesn't "seem to have learnt anything." - 12Once they realise that there will be "no scandal" they try to turn a blind eye to the problems that have been identified. They ignore Eric's drinking problem and the fact he stole moneySheila has changed her attitude about how to treat people and is
disgusted that her parents have not done the same: "it's you two who
are being childish - trying not to face the facts." Eric behaves much
the same as Sheila. - 13Eric accuses the other of pretending nothing's happened" you lot may be letting yourselves out nicely "he acknowledges he stole money and he tells Gerald " the money's not the important thing". he regrets that stolen money wasn't a good idea
- 14He is deeply disturbed by the loss of Eva Smith due to their actions: "Whoever that chap was, the fact remains that I did what I did. And mother did what she did. And the rest of you did what you did to her."he knows that Eva life was more important unlike his father and mother
- 15Although every single person is to blame, Eric seems to be the guiltiest, and his wayward behavior makes him the villain; it would be easier to blame it all on him, so they do.He is showing regret for
his actions and saying that it's wrong to go about pretending as
though nothing has happened when clearly something has. He is trying
to make them see that they can change. - 16we feel sympathy for this characters as although he seems to caused a lot of problems he regret his actions and he wants to changethe play finishes with telephone call saying "a girl just died.."Eric and sheila are the only character who change the others still worried about the scandal
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