AVFTB Flashcards
(50 cards)
Beatrice - who’s mad?
“Who’s mad?…I’m not mad…You’re the one is mad.”
Beatrice - she’s not a baby any more
“She’s [Catherine] no baby no more”
Beatrice when Eddie makes Catherine take off her high heels.
‘She [Beatrice] gives Eddie a cold look, restrained only by the strangers’
Eddie - he’s a nice kid?
“That’s a nice kid? He gives me the heeby-jeebies.”
Beatrice when Eddie complains about Rodolfo being strange
“…you’re just jealous.”
Beatrice about Rodolfo✔️☺️
“He’s a nice fella, hard workin’, he’s a good-lookin’ fella.”
Beatrice when worried about her marriage and lack of intimacy.
“When am I gonna be a wife again, Eddie?”
Alfieri has respect for Eddie because he was true to himself and stood up for what he believed in.
“Not purely good, but himself purely”
Beatrice is intuitive and knows Eddie well.
“My God, what did you do?” (Realisation that Eddie called immigration)
“Let him eat first, then we’ll tell him” (knowing that he is easily angered and would be in a better mood after he has eaten)
“Was there ever any fella he liked for you?” (Knowing that Eddie is unhealthily obsessed with Catherine)
Beatrice - you can’t have her
“You want somethin’ else, Eddie, and you can never have her!”
Eddie accusing Beatrice of being different
“You used to be different, Beatrice. You had a whole different way.”
Beatrice telling Eddie that Rodolfo is apologising (Peacemaker)
“Eddie, he’s apologizing!”
Beatrice to officer (peacemaker)
“Who’re they hurtin’, for God’s sake, what do you want from them?”
Beatrice cares about her family and being a motherly figure - wax walls etc
“I was gonna clean the walls, I was gonna wax the floors. (She stands disturbs)”
“My God, I don’t even have nothin’ to eat for them!”
Beatrice - same chance of Rodolfo getting caught in daytime
“Yeah, but who is he in the daytime, though? It’s the same chance in the daytime.” (Clever and finds the fault in an argument. She deals with a situation well)
Beatrice to Catherine about acting like a baby
“But if you act like a baby and he be treatin’ you like a baby”
Beatrice to Eddie - wants it to be good to please him and cares about his opinion (loyalty)
“I’m just afraid if it don’t turn out good, you’ll be mad at me”
Describes Eddie as ____
“Angel” when he explained to Beatrice why she shouldn’t be worried about the cousins coming to stay because it was such a great honour.
Beatrice - garbage
“Then we all belong in the garbage. You, and me too.” (Loyalty to Eddie and shows that she knows all of their part in what has happened)
Eddie’s last words
“Oh, B.! My B.!”
The stage direction says this of B. when everyone else is leaving Eddie behind after hearing from Marco that Eddie was the one who called immigration.
“Only Beatrice is left on the stoop” (loyalty)
Eddie accuses Beatrice of acting aggressively towards him lately.
“You didn’t used to jump me all the time […] It’s a shootin’ gallery in here and I’m the pigeon”
Beatrice to Eddie about leaving Catherine alone.
“You going to leave [Catherine] alone? Or you gonna drive me crazy?”
(After Eddie has just argued with Catherine in the street over Rodolpho. He tells her that he only wants to marry her for American citizenship)
Beatrice senses only the comradeship in Eddie when he is teaching Rodolfo how to fight.
“He’s teaching him; he’s very good!”