A View from The Bridge

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Beatrice’s Monologue

What Eddie did was wrong.  He snitched on my cousins who were only trying to make a living.  He shouldn’t have died though.  Not like that.  Marco’s son is ill he needed money so I had to help them, I couldn’t leave them.  I was so happy when they came. It had been so long.  Then I saw the look on Eddies face.  Why was he unhappy?  Didn’t he realise what this meant to me?  He seemed to get along with Marco, talking and taking an interest in his life.  It was Rodolfo he didn’t like.  I thought maybe it was because there seemed to be something between Catherine and Rodolfo.  I know he is very overprotective of Catherine.  She is like the daughter he never had.  I thought this was the reason why Eddie was unhappy when they came, he didn’t think Rodolfo would be right for Catherine.

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Shortly after Rodolfo and Catherine started going out together.  Eddie didn’t like this.  He would always make up excuses, warnings to try and make them not go out.  Eddie had changed; he wasn’t the same person anymore.  He was always so miserable.  I had this horrible thought that maybe Eddie liked Catherine, in a way that he shouldn’t.  The more time went on, the more I began to think that my suspicions were true.  Eddie didn’t think anyone was good enough for Catherine.  I think it was because he wanted her himself.  He thought if he can’t have her then ...

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