Key information

• Eric is often talked down by this father, but becomes more confident due to drinking and the arrival of the inspector.
• He is treated like a child by his parents, much like Sheila-child ego
• At the end of the play, Eric is discovered to have gotten Ava pregnant and stole money from his father’s business in order to help her
• He makes an emotional attack on his parents value at the end of the play showing he can be assertive-child ego