Character Analysis
Ah. Dr. Eric Wind. What is there to say about him? We'd rather he blew away in the wind.
So let's let the narrator tell you: "It was more trying when among such strangers Dr. Eric Wind, a completely humorless pedant who believed that his English (acquired in a German high school) was impeccably pure, would mouth a stale facetious phrase, saying 'the pond' for the ocean, with the confidential and arch air of one who makes his audience the precious gift of a fruity colloquialism" (4.2.2).
In other words, he's a kind of pompous old Russian émigré, who's not funny at all and not even as smart as he thinks he is. Oh, and he hates his own son. Yep, that's basically all there is to know about him.