A View From The Bridge Love Analysis

Everywhere in this world people desperately try to attain the most sought after emotion, love. Numerous people sing and kill for this powerful emotion; however, it’s not the only one of its kind. Another intense emotion is the opposite of love, hate. In the play “A View from the Bridge” Arthur Miller is able to present that the world he created is about love and hate because of Eddie’s romantic love towards Catherine, Rodolpho and Catherine’s’ love for each other, Marco and Rodolpho brotherly love for each other, and the overall family love that many of the characters, in this play, show each other. Some relationships are so strong they don’t need to be related by blood to be considered family. A bond can be created between two people that can create a remarkable platonic relationship; …show more content…
The precious father daughter relationship between Catherine and Eddie was completely shattered, when Eddie developed romantic feelings for her. Eddie expresses his romantic love for Catherine in the worst way possible through absolute control. He shows his possessive control right from the beginning; his initial refusal to let her get a job shows that he wants to selfishly keep her all for himself. Catherine is old enough to get a job and to love, but Eddie won’t let her love anyone else but him. Unfortunately for Eddie, Catherine develops romantic feelings for Rodolpho. As a father figure he should have let her go, but he makes his feelings for Rodolpho make very clear “"The guy ain 't right." Not only does Eddie hate Rodolpho but Eddie feels that Rodolpho is taking something that is rightfully his, “he 's stealing from me!” Eddie. As Catherine and Rodolpho start dating he becomes obsessed with proving that Rodolpho isn’t good enough for her. He desperately tries to prove that Rodolpho is that wrong type of guy from trying to prove