A view from the bridge Flashcards

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1
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You’re walking wavy

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Eddie page 4 saying Catherine is provoking people

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2
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The heads are turning like windmills

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Eddie page 4 talking about Catherine and how men look at her sexually

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3
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He was a good man as he had to be ina a life that was hard and even

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Alfieri talking about Eddie page 15

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4
Q

You look like madonna

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Eddie to Catherine saying she looks innocent and pure

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5
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They’ll chew her to pieces if she don’t watch out

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Eddie page 15 saying that Catherine is too much of a child yet and that men are looking at her in Desire

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6
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With iron control

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Stage direction about Eddie that is trying to control himself

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7
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His eyes were like tunnels

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Alfieri telling us about Eddie. His tunnel vision towards Catherine

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8
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It’s eating me out

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Eddie talking about his love towards Catherine

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9
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I worked like a dog for twenty years so a punk could have her

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Eddie talking about Rodolpho taking Catherine

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10
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Puts his dirty filthy hands on her like a goddam thief

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Eddie telling Beatrice. He is calling Rodolpho a thief

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11
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He is driven on

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Stage direction describing Eddie

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12
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You like it?

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Catherine needs a constant need for approval from Eddie

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13
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Sits on her heels beside him

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It’s a cajoling act. She is old enough but still has child like gestures

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14
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He’s a real blonde

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Catherine feels attracted to Rodolpho and is amazed by his appearance

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15
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It just seems wrong if he’s against it so much

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Catherine needs approval from Eddie and is constantly worried about what he thinks about her

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16
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I would just feel ashamed if I made him sad

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Catherine again to Say how she cares about Eddie

17
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He’s a rat! He belongs in the sewer
He bites people when they sleep
In the garbage he belongs

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All these are showing Catherine’s revolt towards Eddie and his actions. It’s revesling because it shows her adult Catherine.

18
Q

I was gonna wash the walls

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Beatrice is a caring and is always worried about the house as she’s a great house wife

19
Q

You got too big a heart

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Eddie describes Beatrice

20
Q

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

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Beatrice realizes the real trouble of Eddie but still loves him

21
Q

Don’t lay another hand on her unless you want to go out feet first

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Fore boarding that maybe he has the intention to heel him

22
Q

‘Turning the blade inward and pressing it home’

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A stage direction that suggested to us that he was self killed and he actually deserved it.

23
Q

I want my respect!

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Eddie kept telling himself he just did it for honor but he actually wanted Catherine

24
Q

I sat there as powerless as I, and watched it run its bloody course´

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Alfieri talking about eddies tunnel vision and obsession. Maybe foreboading death and blood

25
Q

‘I could see every step coming, step after step, like a dark figure walking down a hall to a certain door’

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Alfieri about Eddie. There are many doors but he has one fixed in his mind (Catherine)

26
Q

I gave you my advice, Eddie. That’s it.

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He is fixed and by this stage he is getting fed up and tells him to stop

27
Q

My B

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Eddie in his last breath has the revelation and get to know that he actually love Beatrice her wife and not Catherine

28
Q

Paper doll they are calling him, canary

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Rodolpho is a modern man that helps with the house sings and dances and doesn’t care what they think about him

29
Q

He dreams, he dreams

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Rodolpho is a dreamer and wants many things. He lives in his won world

30
Q

He’s got all kinds of respect for me

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Catherine about rolpho and their relationship

31
Q

It is my fault, Eddie. Everything. I wish to apologize

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He is a true man and is capable of saying sorry if they deserve it