A View From A Bridge
As soon as the section opens we are thrust into the middle of a very emotional discussion, and we need to read several lines back to understand what "it" (As in, "We made it up already") is. We find out that the discussion is about Catherine's wish to marry Rudolpho. We know from our own knowledge of the play that Eddie has phoned up immigration to inform them that Rudolpho and Marco are living in their house so that Rudolpho will be out of the picture and Eddie will have Catherine to himself. However, it is notable that even in this knowledge Eddie feels very strongly that Catherine should not marry Rudolpho ("Eddie: with increasing anxiety :...".) This could be for a number of reasons; either Eddie could be worried about Catherine getting hurt when Rudolpho is taken away by immigration, or he doesn't want her to even be thinking about marrying him because then they might be able to stay together, however, as the plot progresses we find which one of these possibilities is true.When Eddie says, "But you never knew no other fella, Katie! How could you make up your mind?" we can see that he is getting more and more desperate, using the same argument over and over again to try and persuade Catherine not to marry him . Catherine the
Then he really gives the fact that he knows too much away by saying, "Like I was an enemy! Like - " Here, he is jus trying to make her feel sorry for him because he feels bad, but she hasn't spoken to him like the enemy yet because she doesn't know he has called immigration. After he says this, Catherine begins to realize that he is telling the truth, and genuinely means it when she says, "How'm I gonna find a place tonight?" Eddie then delivers a long speech with some interesting elements. We know from a previous scene that Eddie has informed on Marco and Rudolpho, something which at the start of the book he was very much against, and by bringing up the topic he is not only mentally preparing Catherine for it, but also himself. After she apologizes, she starts to try and return to normality by asking Beatrice something trivial; however, this opens a new section in the play. I don't want nobody else" Although she is saying that she doesn't want a different man, there is an underlying feeling, she doesn't want Eddie. However, Catherine notices this and feels that Eddie is just trying to get Rudolpho out, and when she says, "Well maybe tomorrow night I'll. He then says, "Did I ever ask sump'in for myself?" and although he didn't ask he wanted to, and he wanted her, and he never needed to ask because she had always been there for him. Then, by saying, "I'm sorry" she is not only apologizing for getting married to Rudolpho, but also because when she marries him she is going to leave Eddie for good, and although she loves him, he can't have her. " she is just procrastinating and is not really going to do anything. Eddie immediately seems very concerned about the safety of Marco and Rudolpho, but actually he doesn't want immigration to find the other two, as then his name will be scarred for ever, and Lipiari (The immigrants' uncle) might even seek revenge if it ever came out that Eddie had phone immigration. Then Eddie begins to get more desperate, and his true feelings are revealed, as he does not want the Lipiari family to blame him and for him to end up getting hurt.
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