Inspector calls

• Eric uses being drunk


  As an excuse to effectively rape
• Eric takes advantage of how desperate she is


  And uses patriarchal society to exploit her
• Eric steals from rich

  To give to Eva
• Eric is concerned


  Not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive
• Eric is unsure of his position in the world


  And how he should act
• Eric feels that he should be married


  And that he is being left behind
• Referring to prostitutes as "fat old tarts"


  Shows that Eric is not sympathetic to desperate women
• Eric does not feel that his father meets the expectations


  Of what a 'good' father should be
• Eric believes workers should try for higher wages


  Showing a more socialist view
• By the end, Eric is ashamed of both of his parents


  Because they won't accept responsibility
• Eric takes over Inspector Goole's role


  As the moral voice of the play
• Eric reminds everyone of what they have done
• what does Eric say when he doesn't believe his dad is a good dad?


  "Your not the kind of father a chap can go to when he is in trouble"