In this quote, Eddie is showing his violent behaviour toward Rodolfo but this is completely different in act one when he would not do such a thing as I showed in the first quote, he is kind but in this one he is offensive.
I think Eddie has been depicted as a very nobleman. He lets two illegal immigrants stay at his home give them a roof over there heads, food, beds and a place to work and earn money for them self’s.
“ You’re welcome, Marco, we got plenty of room here. Katie give them supper heh”
This quote is showing you how noble Eddie actually is. He lets two strangers in his house and lets them stay with them he doesn’t even know them
“Katie, I promised your mother on her deathbed. I’m responsible for you. You’re a baby, you don’t understand these things. I mean like when you stand here by the window, waving out side”
In this quote, Eddie is protective over Catharine and wants the best for her but she wants different she wants to learn on her. Eddie wont let her do that which is another characteristic, which brings about Eddies downfall.
In act two Eddie has a lack of complex sentences, his sentences become very short and snappy. Miller does this so he can show us how short tempered Eddie is. In that respect, Eddie also becomes violent toward everyone that gets on the wrong side of him.
“Don’t make me do nutin Catherine what your step submarine. By rights they oughter throw you backing the water. But I got pity for you just get outta here and don’t lay another hand on her unless you wanna go out feet first”
this quote is telling us how angry Eddie is, he starts to use actions a lot more than words. He says “don’t make me do nutin” this is implying that Eddie will do something vicious to Rodolfo, if Catherine doesn’t do as he says and that same rule goes for Rodolfo.
“Eddie stands with tears rolling down his face as he laughs mockingly at Rodolfo. She is starring at him in horror Rodolfo is rigid. they are like animals that have torn at one another and broken up without a decision, each waiting for the others mood”
in this statement Miller is showing us as the reader, emotions that are occurring within Eddies character. In this quote, there is a very good simile, which is very descriptive of the way that these two men are feeling at this moment in time.
“They are like animals that have torn at one another and broken up without a decision”
This quote distinctively tells us how much these two people despise each other, where it says, ”Torn at one another” it represents the pure hatred of these two and that there might be more of this to come later on in the play. Then It will be more serious than anything else in this play not the love for Catherine can pierce throw this hatred barrier.
Miler uses Alfieri as the storyteller he adds bits and pieces, which are missing from the play. Eddie comes home drunk from work one night and catches Rodolfo and Catherine in the bedroom together. Catherine comes out of the room and adjusts her blouse which signifies that they were doing something which would infuriate Eddie, that he might go and act upon these actions and a sign if disrespect for him which would leave great consequences.
When Rodolfo comes out to confront Eddie after he kisses Catherine Eddie then kisses Rodolfo which is a definite sign if disrespect for Rodolfo, it also shows that Rodolfo is weaker than Eddie and that gives him the upper hand to control Rodolfo.
When this attempt of these actions does not work, he then resorts to violent actions, which then lead up to the event at the end of the play between Marco and Eddie. Miller has used big scenes which don’t lead to anything until the last part in the play which is the most serious and the most dreadful event in the whole entire play. The ending to the play is so true we can see it as clear as day, we now that something is going to happen to Eddie, But we don’t know what but we know that something is going to happen. When we see Eddie dead in the middle of the street then it clicks that this is the ending and it was bound to happen.
Miller prepares us for the phone call with all the arguments that go on before hand
“I’m telling you I know-he aint right. Somebody that don’t want it can break it. Even a mouse, if you catch a teeny mouse and you hold it in your hand, that mouse can give you the right kind of fight he didn’t give me that right kind of fight, I know it, Mr Alfieri, the guy aint right”
this is one of the arguments that happen before the ending of the play and that give you a reason to suspect Eddie to do something terrible to someone. Miller uses different types of ways of asking what has happened which then infuriates Eddie and then the phone call all becomes inevitable. He deals with it in a low manner so not to attract attention from Eddie and then say the Mr Alferi told him to do it so he said to him secretly not to which made him to do it with reverse sociology. He has assured his own down fall by calling immigration and telling on his family, which Marco believes in so strongly that he would do anything to reinforce it and protect it.
Eddie is responsible for his own downfall because you should not tell on your family for anything. The begging of the act sets the whole thing off when Eddie comes in and catches Rodolfo and Catherine together that send him into a vicious vortex of anger, hatred, and disrespect. No Eddie is not redeemed in any way because it was his own fault that he diead he didn’t have to call immigration he could of talked it through with them both but not Eddie he has to go and do something drastic.
