A view from the bridge - Does the character of Eddie Carbone cause his on fate?

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Nicki Jones 10 L

Does the character of Eddie Carbone

Cause his on fate?

   This piece of coursework is based around the character of Eddie Carbone from Arthur Miller’s, ‘A View From The Bridge.’

   Miller wanted to create  ‘a phenomenon, a rather awesome fact of existence’, which indeed he did.

Eddie Carbone is the tragic protagonist of ‘ A View From The Bridge’. He is constantly self-interested, wanting to promote and protect his innocence. Eddie creates a fictional fantasy world where his absurd decisions make sense. In his world, he imagines protecting Catherine from marriage or any male relationship and wants her for himself. While Eddie wavers and switches between communal and state laws and cultures, his motivations do not change. I.e. he welcomes Rodolpho and Marco into his home and then reports them to the immigration. Eddie constantly looks out for himself at the expense of others and is rules by personal love and guilt.

   In this piece of coursework I will discuss the question and raise points which both support and challenge the view that Eddie Carbone causes his own fate. I will discuss how Eddie causes his own downfall by using evidence from the text and use quotes to back up my evidence, I will do the same using evidence for challenging the view that Eddie caused his downfall.

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   In this part of the coursework I will be forwarding arguments that support the view that Eddie Carbone caused his own fate.

   Eddie was a very loving family man and was more like a father to Catherine when her mother passed away. At the beginning of the play both Catherine and himself seemed to be flirtatious towards each other, however it was his way of being caring and loving towards her. The loving and caring Eddie seemed to disappear when Rodolpho, (the illegal immigrant from Sicily), came on the scene. Eddie’s endless, baffling jealousy of Rodolpho getting ...

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