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A View from the Bridge Quotes
Cards in this deck (24)
- 1Eddie - "I don't like it"- Stubborn
- Possessive
- In charge - 2Eddie - "Come over here, talk to me"- Caring
- 3Eddie - "Listen (repeats)"- Impatient
- Man of the house - 4Eddie - "Now don't aggravate me"- Temperamental
- Feared - 5Catherine - "You like it?"- Seeks approval
- Wishes to please - 6Catherine - "What, was he crazy?"- Innocent
- Young
- Naive
- Gullible - 7Beatrice - "I'm just afraid... you'll be mad at me"- Seeks approval
- Fearful
- Pushover - 8Alfieri - "You see how uneasily they nod to me?"- Feared
- Proud
- Powerful
- Authoritative figure - 9Alfieri - "I am inclined to notice the ruins in things"- Perceptive
- Burdened - 10Beatrice - Eddie "You're an angel! God'll bless you"The good in Eddie;
Tragic flaw, Downfall - 11Setting - Tenement building- Run-down
- Poverty
- Opposite of American Dream - 12Catherine - High heels "walkin' wavy"-Woman
- Available
- Sexy
- Attention - 13Eddie's Rocker- Ease
- Power
- Authority
- Alpha male
*Patriarchal society - 14Vinny BolzanoThreat, Danger, Caution, Loyalty, Family, Trust, Honour (Italian Values)
*foreshadows fall of protagonist - 15Eddie - Beatrice "He gives me the heeby- jeebies"Eddie's dislike for Rodolfo is unjustified; his jealousy is starting to show which puts a strain on his marriage
- 16Beatrice - Eddie "When am I gonna be a wife again, Eddie?"Not acting as husband and wife (sexually); strain on relationship
- 17Eddie - Rodolfo "Go inside, will you?"Eddie is acting hostile towards Rodolfo without good reason which confuses him, and builds tension between him and Catherine as she is attracted to Rodolfo but still wishes to please Eddie
- 18Eddie - Beatrice "Why don't you straighten her out?"Eddie is flustered because he has lost the admiration Catherine had for him when she idolised him and misplaces his anger onto Beatrice
- 19Beatrice - Catherine "What are you going to do with yourself?"Beatrice has noticed Eddie's attraction to Catherine and is angered by her naivety
- 20Eddie - "I take the blankets off my bed for him, and he takes and puts his FILTHY hands on her like a GODDAM thief"Eddie implies Rodolfo is ungrateful and that Catherine is a possession of his; she belongs to him
- Objectifies Catherine (Italian culture, male dominant)
- Feels disrespected; cussing suggests he is loosing patience
- Denial, self pitying - 21Eddie - "(furiously) What're you talking' about marry me! I don't know what the hell you're talking; about!"- Repetition suggests he is guilty; getting defensive
- Cussing; feels pressured, scrutinised - 22Alfieri - "step after step, like a dark figure walking down a hall towards a certain door"-Simile
- "step after step" Destiny, too far gone, path is unchangeable
- Blinded by own jealousy
- "certain" detremined - 23Alfieri - "his eyes were like tunnels"- Simile
- Can only see one solution; get rid of Rodolfo
- Fixed, doomed - 24Eddie - "So she could see once and for all!"- Frustrated
- Desperate
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- GCSE English literature Flashcards on A View from the Bridge Quotes, created by sophie.tams on 26/01/2016.
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