EDDIE S RELATIONSHIPS

A View from the Bridge

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She doesn t publically argue with him and follows tradition as a good wife

Submissive

Bea sees his lust for Catherine

He s not right

Eddie is overbearing

Strained relations with Beatrice

Supportive of Marco at first then turns against him. Thus he is fickle.

Eddie is emasculated as his impotence makes Bea feel unwanted

Sudden dislike to Rodolfo

Seeks guidance from Alfieri

Wants to be told what he wants to hear

Relationships
Disapproves of his love for Catherine Alfieri

Judging Judges Rodolf o

Jealous
of Alfieri Eddie sees Alfieri as a better man Blue collar Vs white collar Eddie s Italian justice Vs Alfieri s American law, and how they end up being reversed

Role model

An outlet of his repression as he attempts to emasculate Rodolfo as he has been himself

Rodolfo His superego feels he is doing the right thing by testing to see whether Rodolfo is right .

As she's grown up he lusts after her.

His fatherly affection has changed to that of a potential lover

Kisses Catherine and Rodolfo

Eddies lust
He knows his feelings are wrong

Catherine His id breaks free and he can no longer control his lust for her.

He s jealous of Catherine s affection towards Rodolfo

Catherine knows how to manipulate Eddie but is naive to his true feelings towards her.

Id and Superego
Superego
In this play this is Alfieri and he is who Eddie, the ego, turns to for advice. The superego is constantly pushing Eddie to make the right moral decisions to save himself and his family. However Eddie rebels against the super ego and blindly carries out the will of his id.

Ego

Eddie is the ego as all the way through the play he is

faced with moral decisions and has to make the choice on whether to follow his superego, Alfieri, or his id, lust. In the end he follows his id and perishes as a result.

Id

Eddie s lust is the main id of the play as he fullfils his lustful desires by phoning the immigration in the hope of having Catherine to himself even though he is aware of the risky consequences of his actions as foreshadowed by Eddie in the Story Vinny Bolzano

Exam Question
How are Eddie s roles and relationships presented though his dialogue in this extract?