An Inspector Calls

How far does Priestly present Eric as a character who changes his attitudes towards himself and others during the play?

I need it answered asap because i got a test coming up, Thanks?

Asked by
Last updated by Aslan
Answers 1
Add Yours

Son of Arthur and Sybil Birling. Brother of Sheila Birling. Eric is in his "early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive" and, we discover very early in the play, has a drinking problem. He has been drinking steadily for almost two years. He works at Birling and Company, and his father, we presume, is his boss. He is quite naive, in no way as worldly or as cunning as Gerald Croft. By the end of the play, like his sister, Eric becomes aware of his own responsiblities. How aware? Aware enough to realize his own culpability in the demise of Eva but not enough to really change social structure.