My initial reaction to the play was absolutely hideous, and my malcontent was vibrant. I felt that reading A View From The Bridge was a tedious waste of time and that the play itself was a trivial piece of literature. I found the play to be neither intriguing nor interesting in the tiniest fashion. The only aspect that I found mildly intriguing was the character of the protagonist, Eddie Carbone, as it miraculously appealed to my passion for psychology. Unfortunately, this enigma of Eddie's constitution only guided me through the first act, where after, I was completely annoyed and jaded.
             The two-act horror is centered on the self-delusion of Eddie Carbone, as he is thrust into a continuously evolving world in which he will not conform. As his environment is morphing with the times, Eddie feels compiled to halt it, as his pathetic temperament will not wallow him to cope with the change, or behave in an orderly fashion. Eddie begins to veil himself from his love for his eighteen-year-old niece, Catherine, near the commencement of the play, whence he begins to criticize her and her perfectly normal actions.
             "Now don't aggravate me, Katie, you are walkin' wavy! I don't like the looks they're givin' you in the candy store. And with them new high heels on the sidewalk --- clack, clack, clack. The heads are turnin' like windmills."(Page 7)
             In this quote we see how Eddie falsely attributes his harshness towards Catherine as protection, rather than selfishness and his obsession to have her solely to himself. Another element in Eddie's constitution is his personal honor, which he tosses aside whence he takes it upon himself to call the Immigration Bureau to reveal his nemesis and competitor for Catherine's love, Rodolpho, to the police. This is apparent when Alfieri tells Eddie the consequences to him calling the Immigration Bureau:
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