A view from the bridge Flashcards
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You’re walking wavy
Eddie page 4 saying Catherine is provoking people
The heads are turning like windmills
Eddie page 4 talking about Catherine and how men look at her sexually
He was a good man as he had to be ina a life that was hard and even
Alfieri talking about Eddie page 15
You look like madonna
Eddie to Catherine saying she looks innocent and pure
They’ll chew her to pieces if she don’t watch out
Eddie page 15 saying that Catherine is too much of a child yet and that men are looking at her in Desire
With iron control
Stage direction about Eddie that is trying to control himself
His eyes were like tunnels
Alfieri telling us about Eddie. His tunnel vision towards Catherine
It’s eating me out
Eddie talking about his love towards Catherine
I worked like a dog for twenty years so a punk could have her
Eddie talking about Rodolpho taking Catherine
Puts his dirty filthy hands on her like a goddam thief
Eddie telling Beatrice. He is calling Rodolpho a thief
He is driven on
Stage direction describing Eddie
You like it?
Catherine needs a constant need for approval from Eddie
Sits on her heels beside him
It’s a cajoling act. She is old enough but still has child like gestures
He’s a real blonde
Catherine feels attracted to Rodolpho and is amazed by his appearance
It just seems wrong if he’s against it so much
Catherine needs approval from Eddie and is constantly worried about what he thinks about her
I would just feel ashamed if I made him sad
Catherine again to Say how she cares about Eddie
He’s a rat! He belongs in the sewer
He bites people when they sleep
In the garbage he belongs
All these are showing Catherine’s revolt towards Eddie and his actions. It’s revesling because it shows her adult Catherine.
I was gonna wash the walls
Beatrice is a caring and is always worried about the house as she’s a great house wife
You got too big a heart
Eddie describes Beatrice
You want somethin’ else, Eddie, and you can never have her!
Beatrice realizes the real trouble of Eddie but still loves him
Don’t lay another hand on her unless you want to go out feet first
Fore boarding that maybe he has the intention to heel him
‘Turning the blade inward and pressing it home’
A stage direction that suggested to us that he was self killed and he actually deserved it.
I want my respect!
Eddie kept telling himself he just did it for honor but he actually wanted Catherine
I sat there as powerless as I, and watched it run its bloody course´
Alfieri talking about eddies tunnel vision and obsession. Maybe foreboading death and blood
