I think that Eddie Carbone is a self-destructive character because at the beginning of the play he had respect from his wife "Now go, go to your wedding, Katie, I'll stay home. Go God bless you, God bless your children." Eddie's wife Beatrice said this. She doesn't go to her nieces wedding because Eddie doesn't want her to. This shows that she has respect for him by doing as he asks. Eddie also has a lot of respect from his niece who he had brought up like a daughter this is shown "Because I want him to be happy; I mean - I like him Rodolfo - and I can't stand it!" his niece Catherine says this to Rodolfo showing that she respects his views and just wants him to be happy. Catherine also says this "He was good to me, Rodolfo. You don't know him; he was always the sweetest guy to me. Good he razzes me all the time but he don't mean it. I know I would just feel ashamed if I made him sad." This shows that Catherine thinks the world of Eddie and doesn't want or intend to hurt him. She also knows him inside out and loves him very much "I can tell when he's hungry or wants a beer before he says anything." Catherine tells Rodolfo this and explains that her and Eddie used to be very close before he turned up. Eddie also had a lot of respect from the Italian community "believe me, Eddie, you got a lotta credit comin' to you" a friend of eddies Louis says this meaning that everyone in the Italian community respects Eddie for helping the illegal immigrants.
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