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Eric Birling, An Inspector Calls

At the beginning of the play, he is described as "Eric is in his early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive". He appears to be embarrassed and awkward from the start as the first mention of him in the play is "Eric suddenly guffaws." and can't explain why he did, as proved in the quote "I don't know - really. suddenly I felt I just had to laugh." hinting that he is also drunk. Although, it eventually appears to everyone that he often gets drunk. As the play goes on it is revealed that he got Eva Smith pregnant and stole money from his father to support her, Eric lacks the self-control to hide his secrets so everyone found out about what he did.