Changes in character in the first act of a view from the bridge
By Joshua Smith
At the beginning of the play, Eddie is quite easy-going and he is careful not to upset his niece Catherine. When he argues with her, he is the first one to give in “ All right, go to work”. When Marco and Rodolpho enter the play, he gets more defensive of Catherine and tries to undermine Rodolpho at every opportunity. A few ways that he does this is by ignoring Rodolpho in conversation and giving people the impression that something isn’t right with him ”all of a sudden, a whole song comes out of his mouth- with motions…he’s like a weird…with that wacky hair he’s like a chorus girl or sump’m…then why don’t his brother sing? Marco goes around like a man”.
