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. Self-respect was very important in the community. It was vital that you had a name, and respect in your neighbourhood. Before Beatrice's cousins arrive Eddie made a point of telling Beatrice and Catherine about Vinny Bolzano.
Vinny Bolzano is a young lad who grassed some illegal immigrants up to the immigration bureau. "... he snitched to the immigration. " Eddie explains that it's worse than a crime to grass up anyone in the Italian neighbourhood. Even his family didn't want anything to do with him. "... they grabbed him in the kitchen and pulled him down the stairs - three flights of stairs his head was bouncin'... " and "... they spit on him in the street, his own father and his brothers. " Eddie explains that after that no one wanted anything to do with him. "A guy do a thing like that that?
How's he gonna show his face? " this part of the play where he is telling Catherine and Beatrice the story of Vinny Bolzano is ironic because later on in the play he too snitches to the immigration bureau. When Eddie went to see Alfieri to see if there was any way in which he could stop the marriage between Catherine and Rodolfo, Alfieri could see what Eddie felt for Catherine. "There's too much love for the niece. " And advised Eddie to let her go. "Let her go. That's my advice. You did your job, now it's her life. " Alfieri could see what Eddie was about to do, so tried to steer him away.
"Put it out of your mind. Can you do that? " but Eddie had already made his mind up. Alfieri knew that Eddie was a good man deep down "He was as good a man as he had to be in a life that was hard and even" but he knew what he was about to do and felt powerless "I sat here many afternoons asking myself why, being an intelligent man, I was so powerless... " Beatrice could also see that Eddie had too much love for Catherine but as he was head of the family she was too afraid to confront him. She wanted to force Eddie to face up to the truth but didn't through fear and respect for him.
"Let me go for my sister... " this was said by Beatrice to Eddie asking to go to Catherine's wedding. It was her way of standing up to Eddie but she didn't demand, instead she tried to make him feel guilty. She did this because she was afraid to stand up to him and still had respect for him. Eddie was determined to split Catherine and Rodolfo up and prevent them from marrying. He tried to portray that Rodolfo was homosexual. He did this with comments such as "I just hope that's his regular hair. " he said this because he had unusual blonde hair. "The guy aint right...
This means that he's trying to say that he's gay without using the actual word because in those days homosexual behaviour was considered by most to be unacceptably depraved. In one scene Eddie comes home from work drunk. He has had a whole bottle of whiskey. Catherine and Rodolfo had been alone in the house together. Catherine and Rodolfo had talked for a while then finally kissed. When Eddie came home they both came out of the bedroom. Eddie is disgraced at the thought of them actually being together, he gets extremely angry and his love for Catherine finally comes out into the open and he kisses her.
Rodolfo is appalled at Eddies behaviour towards Catherine and so goes for Eddie. Eddie is much stronger than Rodolfo and pins him to the table and kisses him. He does this to try and make a point of Rodolfo being homosexual and prove it to himself and Catherine. Alfieri could see how the whole situation was destroying him. "... It moved into his body like a stranger... " Alfieri could see exactly what was going to happen, but there was nothing he could possibly do, he'd just have to let it "... run its bloody course...
And all he could do now was "pray for him... " At the end Alfieri says "... I will love him more than my regular clients. " He said this because he could see that Eddie wasn't a bad man as such it was just that his lust managed to take over his personality and drove out the good hearted honest Eddie from act 1. Eventually Catherine finds her courage and stands up to Eddie, telling him exactly what she thinks of him, he has destroyed lives for the sake of nothing. "You're a rat, you belong in the sewers. " Beatrice also finds her courage.
"The truth is better than blood... " The Italian way of life was very important, based on Italian traditions in the community. Marco left his family to die for the sake of honour and to keep his name. Beatrice could see what would happen now that Eddie had snitched to the immigration "... you know how they get... " she said to Eddie because she knew that Marco would be seeking his honour and revenge. "In my country he would be dead now... " this was said by Marco, he intended to take the law into his own hands and kill Eddie to get back his honour and respect.
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. Self-respect was very important in the community. It was vital that you had a name, and respect in your neighbourhood. Before Beatrice's cousins arrive Eddie made a point of telling Beatrice and Catherine about Vinny Bolzano.
Vinny Bolzano is a young lad who grassed some illegal immigrants up to the immigration bureau. "... he snitched to the immigration. " Eddie explains that it's worse than a crime to grass up anyone in the Italian neighbourhood. Even his family didn't want anything to do with him. "... they grabbed him in the kitchen and pulled him down the stairs - three flights of stairs his head was bouncin'... " and "... they spit on him in the street, his own father and his brothers. " Eddie explains that after that no one wanted anything to do with him. "A guy do a thing like that that?
How's he gonna show his face? " this part of the play where he is telling Catherine and Beatrice the story of Vinny Bolzano is ironic because later on in the play he too snitches to the immigration bureau. When Eddie went to see Alfieri to see if there was any way in which he could stop the marriage between Catherine and Rodolfo, Alfieri could see what Eddie felt for Catherine. "There's too much love for the niece. " And advised Eddie to let her go. "Let her go. That's my advice. You did your job, now it's her life. " Alfieri could see what Eddie was about to do, so tried to steer him away.
"Put it out of your mind. Can you do that? " but Eddie had already made his mind up. Alfieri knew that Eddie was a good man deep down "He was as good a man as he had to be in a life that was hard and even" but he knew what he was about to do and felt powerless "I sat here many afternoons asking myself why, being an intelligent man, I was so powerless... " Beatrice could also see that Eddie had too much love for Catherine but as he was head of the family she was too afraid to confront him. She wanted to force Eddie to face up to the truth but didn't through fear and respect for him.
"Let me go for my sister... " this was said by Beatrice to Eddie asking to go to Catherine's wedding. It was her way of standing up to Eddie but she didn't demand, instead she tried to make him feel guilty. She did this because she was afraid to stand up to him and still had respect for him. Eddie was determined to split Catherine and Rodolfo up and prevent them from marrying. He tried to portray that Rodolfo was homosexual. He did this with comments such as "I just hope that's his regular hair. " he said this because he had unusual blonde hair. "The guy aint right...
This means that he's trying to say that he's gay without using the actual word because in those days homosexual behaviour was considered by most to be unacceptably depraved. In one scene Eddie comes home from work drunk. He has had a whole bottle of whiskey. Catherine and Rodolfo had been alone in the house together. Catherine and Rodolfo had talked for a while then finally kissed. When Eddie came home they both came out of the bedroom. Eddie is disgraced at the thought of them actually being together, he gets extremely angry and his love for Catherine finally comes out into the open and he kisses her.
Rodolfo is appalled at Eddies behaviour towards Catherine and so goes for Eddie. Eddie is much stronger than Rodolfo and pins him to the table and kisses him. He does this to try and make a point of Rodolfo being homosexual and prove it to himself and Catherine. Alfieri could see how the whole situation was destroying him. "... It moved into his body like a stranger... " Alfieri could see exactly what was going to happen, but there was nothing he could possibly do, he'd just have to let it "... run its bloody course...
And all he could do now was "pray for him... " At the end Alfieri says "... I will love him more than my regular clients. " He said this because he could see that Eddie wasn't a bad man as such it was just that his lust managed to take over his personality and drove out the good hearted honest Eddie from act 1. Eventually Catherine finds her courage and stands up to Eddie, telling him exactly what she thinks of him, he has destroyed lives for the sake of nothing. "You're a rat, you belong in the sewers. " Beatrice also finds her courage.
