A view from the bridge

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A view from the bridge

At the beginning of the scene Beatrice and Catherine are attempting to make the atmosphere relaxed, by diverting the conversation away from Rodolfo, onto subjects that they believe will not give Eddie any reason to confront Rodolfo.

Eddie however is unable to restrain from showing his contempt for Rodolfo. He does this by shouting at Rodolfo because Rodolfo said lemons are green' which is not even remotely offensive to anyone. Eddie replies by saying 'for Christ's sake' this suggests that eddies is annoyed that Rodolfo who he regards as an inferior corrected him this is because 'for Christ's sake' is a religious swearword. Beatrice reacts to this situation by again changing the conversation to another subject.

Eddie then begins to antagonize Marco by suggesting that his wife may have been un-loyal to him. Eddie does this by saying ' I betcha there's plenty of surprises'. Marco responds to this situation by showing his confidence and trust in his wife he says 'no no the women wait'.

Eddie shows his anger towards Rodolfo by pouncing on the situation. On the previous page Rodolfo says ' its more strict in our town it's not so free'. Eddie uses this statement as an excuse to let out his anger. Eddie says ' drag off some girl' the word girl suggests that he is talking about Catherine whilst the word drag tells us that Rodolfo is taking her out against her will. This however is not true so Beatrice says 'he didn't exactly drag her off '. Marco reacts by cautiously agreeing, as if he suspects that Eddie might drag him into something, to everything Eddie says.

At the top of page 39 there I an awkwardness which has bean caused by eddies statement at the end of page 38 in which he says 'but I understood Marco that you was coming here to make a living for your family'. This obviously annoys Marco because as we have read earlier he stressed the fact that he misses his wife tremendously.

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The audience expects the awkwardness to be resolved by a further change in conversation by either Beatrice or Catharine. The characters on stage by doing the exact opposite that the audience expects. Catharine decides to incise the situation by saying 'you wanna dance, Rodolfo. After Catharine says this Eddie shows his disappointment by freezing as if he can not believe what he has just heard. Rodolfo who had been instructed by Marco to keep Eddies best interests at heart refuses. Beatrice is the only character to recognize that if Eddie was not present Rodolfo would jump at the chance ...

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