A view from the bridge: Marco Flashcards
1
Q
Who?
A
Illegal immigrant who has arrived from Sicily. He is married with three young children. He is the older of the two brothers and feels responsible for Rodolfo.
2
Q
What does he do?
A
- Needs to support family
- Strong sense of right and wrong
- he feels the right to seek revenge when Eddie betrays him.
- he does not understand why the law allows Eddie to go free.
- Marco kills Eddie by turning Eddies own knife on him.
- he shows no regret about killing Eddie.
3
Q
Physically strong?
A
‘he is a square built peasant’
4
Q
Sence of fair play forces him to act in defence?
A
Marco is face to face with eddie, a strained tension gripping his eyes and jaw.
5
Q
His outrage is so great that he loses control?
A
Marco suddenly breaks from the group and dashes into the room and faces Eddie.
6
Q
Marco believes it is his duty to right this wrong without recourse to the law. The law is nothing to do with justice
A
The law? All the law is not in a book.