than a word that you gave away.” Eddie speaks this quote in Act I‚ while eating dinner with Beatrice and Catherine. This quote reveals the irony and madness of Eddie’s character. In the beginning of the play‚ Eddie tells the story of a young boy who called immigration on his relatives. Eddie lectures Catherine about how they must tell no one about Marco and Rodolpho‚ the illegal immigrant cousins the family will be hiding. However‚ in the end of the play‚ Eddie obviously calls Immigration on these
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lead to the downfall of the Carbone along with their cousins Marco and Rodolpho “illegal immigrants” from Italy. Ultimately it is Eddie Carbone’s opinions of how Rodolpho‚ Catherine‚ Beatrice and Marco should act and his ideals of “respect” and the importance of a “name” that lead to his demise. Eddie Carbone has very strong views on the characteristics men should have. He believes that men should be strong‚ the person who provides for the family and cares for them. Eddie also feels that men should
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mostly deals with longshoreman and their wives‚ fathers and grandfathers in compensation cases‚ evictions and petty squabbles‚ however ‘every few years there is still a case‚’ that is different from the everyday petty troubles‚ ‘This one’s name was Eddie Carbone. Brooklyn Bridge to the breakwater were the open sea begins.’(Miller‚ p4) Alfieri purposely talks to the audience
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many Italian immigrants who came to Brooklyn to work. The tragic hero of the play named‚ Eddie Carbone is a 40 year old man‚ an American of a Sicilian background; He is described as "a husky‚ slightly overweight longshoreman." He is an ordinary man and is part of the local Italian community. He is the master of the household and both Beatrice and Catherine are undoubtedly used to him laying down the rules; Eddie sees this as a ‘macho’ thing to do and he expects all men to do the same - which is why
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very important in this play‚ specially for Eddie and Marco‚ who are the “alpha males” of the house more or less‚ because Eddie is from the beginning the boss at his house‚ but when he threatens Rodolpho‚ Marco tries to show Eddie that he is also a strong man and that he cannot do that to HIS brother. It means far more to them than the law. To be honorauble is to be respected‚ and this is show in the chair scene‚ where Marco is showin his strength to Eddie to protect his brother. If you do something
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Alfieri’s Opening Speech The play A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller is a short play with nine main characters. One of these nine characters is Alfieri. He is the first character that the audience meets. Alfieri is a lawyer to whom Eddie Carbone goes to for advice in the middle of the play. Alfieri also plays a part role as a narrator. He is the character that starts and ends the play and gives the audience background detail as well as inside hints at what he thinks will happen.
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character Eddie Carbone . The writer starts to foreshadow before the characters are presented to initiate the readers to the idea that the play will contain hardships and problems between them. “Bloody course” This suggest that the community in the play is bound to contain an act of violence that is suggested by Alfieri by using the word “bloody”. The word “bloody” may also imply the fact that someone will die a tragic death either by accident or on purpose. We
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tragic drama piece‚ written by Arthur Miller and first published in 1955. Curtained by the never-ending dramatics of the play‚ is quite basically a fight for an unconditional love‚ portrayed by a man of whom perplexes his emotions like no other (Eddie Carbone). The play itself is set in the 1950’s; times when masculinity and dominance we’re vital for a man to obtain‚ and therefore prove to be key concepts during A View from the Bridge. Due to the constant battle to be the top of the hierarchy‚ a hostile
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of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques‚ especially in order to restrict political criticism.] A view from The Bridge criticizes those that Arthur Miller knew who ‘ratted out’ their friends during the McCarthy trials. Eddie embodies Miller’s own struggles‚ and the decisions that Miller had to make. Both men had to choose between obedience to family or obedience to
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Hook is a slum area inhibited mainly by Italian immigrants. The play revolves around the Carbone family who are also Italian Immigrants called Eddie and Beatrice; a married couple with their niece Catherine. The family smuggle in two relatives into their home by the names of Marco and Rodolfo; during the play Rodolfo becomes friendly with Catherine. The idea of Rodolfo and Catherine as a couple torments Eddie‚ Eddie’s torment is made clear to us through Alfieri. Alfieri is considered as the mouth
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