Eric Birling

Question 1

beginning stage directions description

Answer 1

‘half shy, half assertive’

Question 2

first line from Eric - beginning character

Answer 2

‘suddenly I felt I just had to laugh’

Question 3

his development / view at the end

2

Answer 3

‘I don’t feel like sitting down and having a nice cosy talk’

‘(shouting) we all helped kill her - and that’s what matters’

Question 4

gender

(2) - 1 = drunk, 2 = women

Answer 4

‘in a state when a chap easily turns nasty’

‘you’d think a girl had never any clothes before she gets married’

Question 5

view on eva

(2) 1 = reaction to death 2 = opinion when together

Answer 5

‘(involuntarily) My God’

‘she was pretty and a good sport

Question 6

perhaps sympathy for eric

shows differing views to his father

Answer 6

‘you’re not the kind of father a chap can turn to when he’s in trouble’

Question 7

who he puts the blame on after his confession

Answer 7

‘you killed her - and the child…your own grandchild’ (Mrs birling)

Question 8

differing to fathers view from beginning - act 1

Answer 8

‘he could have kept her on instead of throwing her out’