Eric Analysis

Question 1

“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?”

Answer 1

Eric questions the motives and attitudes of his father, showing a developing social awareness.
Reinforces the idea of a generational divide

Question 2

“She was pretty and a good sport”

Answer 2

Eric describes Eva in a way that shows a conformity to the Patriarchy of the time.
She is objectified for her looks and shows a traditional passing down of Capitalist views

Question 3

“(Shouting) and I say the girls dead and we all helped kill her - and that’s what matters”

Answer 3

Eric gives a sense of frustration and anger through the stage direction.
The accusatory tone shows the breaking down of the family and the generational divide