Eric

• Act one

  First impressions-misfit,socially awkward,drunk: '(Guffaws)

  'You're squiffy'

  Understands the world better than his father: 'What about war?'

  Kinder than his father when hearing about Eva: 'Why shouldn't she try for higher wages? we try for the highest possible prices'
• Act two

  His own mother says about him:

  'Go and look for the father of the child.Its his responsibility'

  'He should be made an example of'
• Act three

  About his own actions:

  'I was in a state where a chap easily turns nasty'

  'A baby'

  'I suppose-about fifty pounds all told'

  'I got it from the office'

  After the inspector is 'fake' he still cares and feels guilt: 'The girls still dead,isn't she? Nobody's brought her back to life,have they?