How does Arthur Miller show the strains on the Carbone household in the scene where the audience first meets Eddie, Catherine and Beatrice.

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How does Arthur Miller show the strains on the Carbone household in the scene where the audience first meets Eddie, Catherine and Beatrice.

'A View from the Bridge' is a story of Eddie Carbone an Italian longshoreman working on the New York docks. He is an immigrant who has worked hard to bring up his wife's niece, Catherine. His wife, Beatrice, is close to Eddie but the relationship between them is not good as they have been through a bad patch and have not had sex for some time. Eddie is too close to Catherine and is over protective about her. He loves her like she were his girlfriend and he does not like any men, getting involved or looking at her. However, things are about to change when his wife's cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, seek refuge as illegal immigrants from Sicily. It is the Sicilian code of honour that they should be protected. Eddie agrees to shelter them but little does he know that Catherine would fall in love with Rodolpho. Eddie is blinded with insane and jealousy. In the end he commits an unforgivable crime to get rid of Rodolpho, even though the consequences were that he