A View From The Bridge

Front 1

'Sat there as powerless as I, and watched it run its bloody course'

Back 1

Alfieri p4

Prolepsis

Not enough power to stop it

Front 2

'Eddie is pleased and therefore shy about it'

Back 2

Platonic love for Catherine

Front 3

'You're walkin' wavy'

Back 3

Eddie p6

Protective of Catherine

Front 4

'I wish there was one guy you couldn't tell me things about!'

Back 4

Catherine p6

Shows how Eddie always warns Catherine of guys - dislikes her with other men

Front 5

'I'm just afraid if it don't turn out good you'll be mad at me.'

Back 5

Beatrice p8

Afraid of Eddie being angry at her - tension

Front 6

'The man would be honored go lend me a place to sleep.'

Back 6

Eddie p8

Shows his strong beliefs about family and the social code (help all)

He later contradicts and betrays this

Front 7

'Why didn't you ask me before you take a job?'

Back 7

Eddie p9

Controlling of Catherine's life beyond the household

Front 8

'It could be your best friend... Like Vinny Bolzano'

Back 8

Eddie p13

Ironic- pariah

Reported an immigrant in his family- foreshadows the ending when Eddie calls immigration on the cousins

Front 9

'You can quicker get back a million dollars that was stole than a word that you gave away'

Back 9

Eddie p14

Ironic - states that you cannot undo your actions

However he later defies this - calls immigration

Front 10

'She strikes a match and holds it to his cigar'

Back 10

Catherine p15

Wifely

Intimate and suggestive

Close physical proximity!!

Front 11

'And its tough to love a doll that's not your own.'

Back 11

Paper doll p21

Lyrical content foreshadows Eddies feelings towards Catherine! - he will never get Catherine

Front 12

'What's the high heels for, Garbo?'

Back 12

Eddie p21

Innappropriate nickname (sexy glam etc)

Catherines attempt to attract and please Rodolfo

Front 13

'When am I gonna be a wife again, Eddie?'

Back 13

Beatrice p24

Comments on the lack of intimacy within their marriage

Upset at Eddies actions and behavior

Tension, strain?

Front 14

'He's only bowin' to his passport'

Back 14

Eddies view on Rodolfo p28

Deliberate act to hurt Catherine

Persuade her not to like Rodolfo

Front 15

'He's not your father'

'Was there ever any fella he liked for you?'

'What does he care what he says'

Back 15

Beatrice's conversation with Catherine p30

Explains Eddies actions - trying to persuade Catherine to be independent and realize that she is old enough now!

Front 16

'You're a grown woman and you're in the same house with a grown man'

'You still walk around in front of him in your slip'

Back 16

Beatrice p30

She may be worried of a sexual relationship or attraction

Explain to Catherine that it is now innapropriate

Front 17

'His eyes were like tunnels'

Back 17

Alfieri's view on Eddie p31

Sees the 'darkness' - no way out, direct path

Worrying determination

Eddie has a narrow view- focused

Front 18

'The guy ain't right'

'You could blow him over'

'You could kiss him he was so sweet'

'Blondie'

Back 18

Eddies view of Rodolfo p33

Shows Alfieri his beliefs of Rodolfos femininity (lack of masculinity)

Hyperbol - deliberate exaggeration

Front 19

'Too much love for the niece'

'There us not law'

Back 19

Alfieri p34

Attempt to persuade Eddie that there is nothing he can do!

Front 20

'Well then, be an uncle then'

Back 20

Beatrice p38

Attempt to maintain distance between Catherine and Eddie

- remind him of his position, and an attempt to stop him from being possessive.

Front 21

'He sings, he cooks, he could make dresses'

Back 21

Eddies view on Rodolfo p39

Feminine, lack of masculinity

Hinting that he 'isn't right'

Front 22

'He feints with his left hand and lands with his right. It mildly staggers'

Back 22

Eddie punches Rodolfo - practice boxing

Unprepared

Act of unnecessary violence

Turning point for E and C

Front 23

'Chair raised like a weapon over Eddies head'

Back 23

Marco holds chair over Eddies head p42

Shows how marco has more strength and power

Marco defends his brother (protective and loyal)

Foreshadow fight between M and E (death)

Front 24

'I can tell a block away when he's blue on his mind... I can yell when hes hungry'

Back 24

Catherines view of Eddie p46

Shows the closeness of their relationship

Front 25

'He kisses her on the mouth'

R: Have respect for her!

'Eddie pins his arms, laughing, and suddenly kissed him.'

Back 25

Eddie (drunk) enters the house p47

He's sees R and C emerge from the bedroom and angers

Kisses R and C...

Tension and disgust

Not rational

Front 26

'You won't have a friend in the world, Eddie'

Back 26

Alfieris warning to Eddie before he calls immigration

Foreshadows ending where society looks down upon him

Front 27

'I want my respect'

'I don't like the way you talk to me, Beatrice'

'I'm gonna have it out with you one of these days'

Back 27

Eddie and Beatrice argument p51

He finds it difficult to communicate after he has called immigration (betrayed family)

Front 28

'Its a shootin' gallery in here and I'm the pigeon'

Back 28

Eddie feels like he is being interrogated and attacked for his relationship with C

Increasing feel of guilt

Front 29

'He give me the heeby-jeebies'

Back 29

Eddies view on Rodolfo p52

Front 30

'My god, what did you do'

Back 30

Beatrice when she realises what Eddie has done - called immigration

Front 31

'Marco spits into Eddie's face'

'That one! I accuse that one!'

'He killed my children'

Back 31

Marco believes that Eddie is the one who called immigration p57

Front 32

'He's practically blond!'

Back 32

Catherine p17

Fascination at Rodolfo

Front 33

'To hell with Eddie. Nobody is gonna talk to him again'

Back 33

Catherine after Eddie has called immigration on the men

Front 34

'To promise not to kill is not dishonorable'

Back 34

Alfieri talking to Marco - persuading him not to kill Eddie

Front 35

'You walk out that door to that wedding you ain't comin' back here, Beatrice'

Back 35

Eddie p60

Threat to B in order to make her obey him - emotional manipulation

Front 36

'He's a rat. He belongs in the sewer'

Back 36

Catherine p61

Strongly dislikes Eddie

Hatred

Big change of view from.the beginning

Front 37

'You want somethin' else, Eddie, and you can never have her!'

Back 37

Beatrice p62

Confronts Eddie, revealing her true feelings and ideas

Accusing E

Front 38

'Marco grabs his arm, turning the blade inward and pressing it home'

Back 38

Marco killing Eddie p64

Public humiliation

Where he belongs

Symbolic

Front 39

'Then why - Oh B!'

Back 39

eddie dies

Emotional manipulation

Finally appreciates B (who was always loyal)