During this conversation Eddie's attitude starts of relax but then turns angry when Rodolpho corrected Eddie about the lemons because Eddie doesn'tlike being corrected about the lemons by Rodolpho.Eddie becomes irritated and annoyed by Rodolpho's correction because up to this point Rodolpho has consistently irretated him with his flirtious gestures to Catherine as we know one of the themes in the play is incest and Eddie clearly does have inapproprate feelings for Catherine.
During this conversation Beatrice senses Eddie's anger and attempts to defuse the situation by changing the subject by asking Marco ''Is your wife getting the money all right.'' Eddie unintentionally insult Marco by saying ''I betcha theres plenty surprises sometimes when those guys get back there heh?'' even though when eddie knows its insulting because Italian famlies are strict.At the start of the conversation Marco is silent and hardly says anything by the end he is willing to challenge Eddie.
When Rodolpho speek Eddie reacts the way he does because he is jealous of Catherine and Rodolpho and he wants to keep Catherine close to him.Eddie also thinks that he is protecting Catherine from Rodolpho cheating on her.Eddie begins to get angry and tells Rodolpho''It aint so free here either'' we also know he is angry because he gets out of his chair and he walks up and down.When Eddie begins to get angry he makes an excuse and says ''Well Marco,till he came here she was never out on the street twelve o'clock at night''. Beatrices disagree with Eddie about Rodolpho and we know this because she tells Eddie ''Be an uncle then'' and protect Rodolpho by saying ''Well,he didn't exactly drag her off though'' to keep Eddie happy and tells Rodolpho to come home earlier.When Catherine hears how Eddie has been speaking to Rodolpho she decide to put on paper doll and dance with Rodolpho as an act of defiance.
When Catherine ask Rodolpho to dance Rodolpho said no first because he doesn't want to make Eddie angry but Beatrice tells Rodolpho to dance because she thinks that Catherine acts like a baby and wants her to turn into a woman.On page 55 Eddie says that Rodolpho shouldn't be working on the waterfront and implies that Rodolpho should be doing womans work like cooking and making dresses.Marco is un easy about Eddie and continues to watch Eddie through out the boxing match.
When Eddie asks Rodolpho to box instead of calling him bye his name like he does with Marco he calls him danish and he only asks him to box to see how masculine he is.
Eddie punches Rodolpho deliberately and we know this because afterwards he rubs his hands like he is the man of the house.
After the fight Rodolpho ask Catherine to dance as if to show off that he can still have her.When Eddie hits Rodolpho Marco is forced to protect his brother but trys to disguise it as a friendly challenge but instead of a threat.At the end of act 1 all the audience knows that Eddie will be hurt by Marco or killed.
In the begaining most of the main characters created a happy normal family by the end Beatrice and Catherine have to defy Eddie and Marco is willing to challenge him and Eddie is jealous and over protective.
My best part i thought was when Marco lefted the chair because it showed a big change in him.
