Characterisation of Eddie Carbone Essay

Explore the ship mood a central character is presented in the drama text. Use examples from the text in your response. Eddie Carbone, a 40 year old Italian Ameri dejection Citizen from Sicily, is the tragic protagonist of A view from the Bridge by Arthur Miller. Alfieri, the chorus in the story, first introduces Eddie as a dear, hard working opus who does normal things a alike(p) raising a family, eating, getting old, etc. However as Alfieri states, no one fuck make out what his true self is like. Alfieri prepares us for the discovery of the secrets in the play.That two illegal immigrants Marco and Rodolfo are taking harbor in Eddies home and Eddies deep secret of his quasi-incestuous desire for his niece, Catherine. At first, Eddie is shown as a good man who is happy and respected by his family. Eddie be depletes like a normal, fairly overprotective uncle towards Catherine and the audience would probably not have guessed that he has any desire of her other than the modular uncle and niece relationship. However it is not the standard uncle and niece relationship in Eddies mind scarce far more complex. The first sense of malaise we see is when Catherine lights his cigarette.Eddie receives nearly kind of unnatural pleasure from this experience. A woman lighting a mans cigar can have a sexual implication and this is what Eddie see in Catherine. Knowing that Eddie has these feelings, in that respect are clues earlier back in the text to his obsession with Catherine. When Catherine sits on her heel beside him, he criticizes the space of her skirt. He doesnt want Catherine to look attractive in public because he is worried that some man might ask her out. He wants Catherine all to himself and does anything he can to pr scourt her from getting a boyfriend.Eddie also does not want her moving out of his home. He wants Catherine always within his grasp. When Catherine tells Eddie that she got a unsanded job, he disapproves straight away No no, you gonna f inish school. What kina job, what do you mean? All of a explosive you-. He is very panicky and disturbed by this information that Catherine is getting a job import that Eddie would see Catherine less which seem like a realistic reason for an uncle to be upset or so, precisely knowing Eddies true intentions, he want Catherine to be near to him as close as possible.Eddies inner feelings are also somewhat exposed during when Eddie and Beatrice argue. Although Eddie cannot yet grasp his own feelings, is seems like other character like Alfieri and Beatrice are aware of his kindle in Catherine Eddie What are you mad at me lately? Beatrice Whos mad? Youre the one is mad. Eddie is referring to mad as in angry and postulation why Beatrice is cross with him. Beatrice responds by referring to the mad as in mentally insane and suggests that Eddie had disoriented his mind, which he eventually does.Eddie is also show to be a selfish natured and an untrustworthy man. He reminds Beatrice not to allow her tired cousins sleep in his bed because the bed is his own property. This could link with the way that he feels about Catherine she is his personal property and that no one can use his personal property apart from himself. Eddies experience with life and work has led him to become untrusting of others. He advises Catherine the less you trust, the less you be sorry showing that Eddie has not trusted al lot of people in his life and that when he does, it flexs out going wrong.This prepares us for the suspicion and distrust he has when Rodolfo arrives. Eddie becomes increasingly avaricious of Catherines interest in Rodolfo. Catherine (enthralled) Leave him finish, its beautiful Catherine likes Rodolfo from the instant she met him and Eddie, aware of this is, wants Catherine to like him in the same way instead of Rodolfo. Eddie quickly comes up with an apology to geological period Rodolfo from singing by saying that you dont want to be picked up, do ya? which seems like a plausible reason if Rodolfo sings too loud accordingly someone might notice something strange and inquire.However Eddies true motive for preventing Eddie from singing is to stop Catherine from being amazed by Rodolfo. Eddies jealousy becomes further exposed as his face is expound as being puffed with trouble in the stage direction where Catherine is making Rodolfo coffee. He is jealous that Catherine is getting Rodolfo a drink when before Catherine was getting him a beer. Eddie state of mind is shown when Catherine is talk to Eddie afterwards she has got back from Brooklyn Paramount with Rodolfo. Catherine has told Eddie that she likes him and the stage directions show hiswd reaction to this He looks at her like a lost boy.Eddie feels a sort of saddened jealousy and he is unavailing to realize this dishonourable emotion and incapable of admitting this to himself. He is indeed emotionally lost. Eddies obsession with Catherine and his spiteful nature grows end-to-end t he story. He tries to do anything he can to put Catherine of Rodolfo. In his intercourse with Beatrice, Eddie says to her that he is homosexual topic Doll theyre callin him. Canary. Hes like a weird. Eddie is trying to make Beatrice and everyone turn against Rodolfo but ironically everyone turns on him.Eddie tells Catherine that Rodolfo only likes her because he wants to obtain an American citizenship by marrying her Katie, hes only bowin to his passport. Eddie is trying to make Catherine doubt Rodolfo but this is unsuccessful and ends up in Catherine distrusting Eddie. This truehearted obsession Edie has with Catherine did not just start when the cousins arrived but has been an ongoing process from before. This is shown in Eddies conversation with Beatrice where she tells him that she has worries of her own When am I gonna be a wife again, EddieIts almost three months. Eddie and Beatrice have had no sexual affiliation for three months because all that has been on his mind is Cat herine. Near the end of perform 1, Eddies is show to be violent and cold hearted. He mocks Rodolfos skills in singing, making turn and cooking and compares him to himself and say that this is no place for him. He is suggesting that he is not manly enough to be here like him and that he should be in some other place. Eddie tries to supposedly teach Rodolfo fisticuffs all of a sudden Well, come on. Ill teach youHowever Eddie knows that Rodolfo is weaker than he is and uses this as an excuse to punch Rodolfo in the face and show everyone, especial Catherine, how weak Rodolfo is and to humiliate him however this had the opposite event and exposes how sadistic Eddie can be. Eddies motives for his actions all originate from his quasi-incestuous have a go at it for his niece. As Alfieri describes, His eyes were like digs, he can only see Catherine and no one else. He cannot understand why he only sees Catherine but that is all he sees and refuses to let any feeling or any person enter that tunnel nd making sure that Catherine stays only in his tunnel and not anyone elses.Significantly, the lyric of the poem Rodolfo sings, Paper Doll, symbolically reflects Eddies feelings for Catherine Its tough to contend a doll thats not your own Im gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own A doll that other fellows cannot steal. Figuratively, Eddie is the one singing the song and Catherine is the subject of the song, the doll, and that is has been stolen by someone Rodolfo. This song was care amply chosen by Arthur Miller to act as an intimation of what was to come.Eddie is unable to comprehend his true feelings but other characters have a clearer view than he does. Like Alfieri, who knows of his love for his niece and describes this as a passion that had moved into his body. This is significant because this metaphor is close to the truth of what has happed to Eddie this pertly found passion of Catherine as grown over time and has became strong enough so that it fully controls his body, and is behind every action in Eddies life. Eddies first conversation with Alfieri shows that Alfieri knows his feelings sometimes even a daughter, and he never realizes it, ut through the years there is too much love for the daughter, there is too much love for the niece. Do you understand what Im saying to you? only if Eddie does not fully understand what Alfieri is saying, he think Alfieri mean love and in a Uncle and niece love, but Alfieri knows Eddies feeling and is talking about real physical love for Catherine. Eddie blindness towards his inner feeling and self-command in letting go of Catherine are Eddies tragic flaws that bring upon his downfall.