What Are Gender Roles In The Crucible

This culminates in the boxing match, in which Eddie hits Rodolpho across the face. This is because Eddie feels as if the household is gravitating toward Rodolpho because of his supposed masculinity. This can be shown by the stage direction ‘Eddie’s grin vanishes’. This shows that Eddie becomes increasingly tense when someone else proves more masculine than him, which leads to Eddie wanting to prove dominance over everyone. Eddie’s obsession with masculinity leads him to believe that innocent acts are made with an ulterior motive and thus Eddie fails to see that it is not Rodolpho’s masculinity that is turning the household against him.

Arthur Miller also represented the relationship as an overprotective, jealous relationship at the start. “ I’m responsible for you.” This proclamation clearly displays Eddie’s protectiveness over Catherine.

The first important event is day Eddie meets Marguerite, he learns about the love and happiness he can experience in life. Very early in the novel Eddie says “Every life has one true love snapshot” (p.9). For Eddie his snapshot is of a beautiful girl named Marguerite. “For the rest of his life,

     The lesson that the Sargent had to teach Eddie was about sacrifice. “Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious you’re not really losing it, you’re just passing it on to someone else.” (94) In other words, the Sargent sacrificed Eddie’s leg to save his life, and he also sacrificed his life in order to preserve the lives of his

This can be shown by, “Sure, he’s terrific!  Look at him go!” and “He could be very good Marco.  I’ll teach him again.”  By praising Rodolfo, he is making Rodolfo want to continue boxing with him.  Eddie shows more and more authority over Rodolfo and if they go boxing more, Eddie gets the opportunity to humiliate and embarrass Rodolfo more, and prove to everybody that he is stronger. The tension between the two characters is important, as it continues to grow stronger, until Eddie attacks Marco and Rodolfo.  This is important, as this is the point where the tension is first revealed obviously and directly to the reader, through physical actions, although not real violence. The audience may feel that there will be real violence later on in the play, as Eddie keeps encouraging Rodolfo to fight and continuously tries to insult him.

Eddie wants to live his life known as a rockstar. He graduates highschool and moves out to Hollywood, California. Moving in with his girlfriend he decides to get a tattoo. She teaches him how to play guitar and he sure starts a music career. Eddie gets too caught up in the fame and his manager explains he doesn't have a single to use. Shortly after Eddie receives news that he has been fired. He goes from being on top to hitting rock bottom.

Eddie Carbone is the tragic protagonist of A View from The bridge. Throughout Act 1, Eddie is presented as masculine and a tragic hero. He shows many signs of masculinity, such as making commands in his household, expecting them to be obeyed. We know this when he tells Catherine that he “thinks it's too short," he expects her to change her outfit. He is also shown as a tragic hero due to his importance towards other characters. Regarding Catherine’s dress, he shows signs of his disapproval, causing Catherine to be “almost in tears”.

In his attempt to isolate Catherine from potential suitors, he manipulates her into staying with him as his little girl. However, when Bea’s Italian cousin Rodolfo captures Catherine’s attention and threatens Eddie’s idea of a future with her, he becomes aggressive to the point where Catherine begins to fear him. When Rodolfo brings up Eddie in a conversation with Catherine, Catherine says, “I’m afraid of him here” (). She tells Rodolfo she wants to marry him and move to Italy because she wishes to be far from Eddie. His intrusive actions, although meant to mask his true feelings for her, only push her farther away and causes her to fear him. Eddie’s offer to teach Rodolfo to fight, with the underlying goal of tormenting him, shows a inhumane side to him that frightens Catherine and adds more stress to their relationship. The incident was something that “[Eddie] does in public, almost an attempt to humiliate Rodolfo in front of Catherine [that] shows a certain cruelty about him” (Barry 2). Eddie presents a darker side to his personality that Catherine had never seen before in order to intimidate Rodolfo. His bitter attack shows Catherine a new part of  Eddie that terrifies her. Soon, however, her fear towards him evolves into resentment. As Eddie’s antics continue, Catherine begins to see the truth, which causes her to feel the need to be as far from

Understanding the lesson of forgiveness is what encourages Eddie to do the same for his father. Although events and situations occurred in Eddie’s life, they all happened for a reason, and it is up to the person to accept, forgive or sacrifice to live a fulfilled

Eddie sees the friend run off and his father chasing after him ready to kill. His father catches up to his friend with raging anger but His friend is drowning. Eddie’s father saves his friend but dies shortly afterward. “His body been weakened, the ocean had left him vulnerable, pneumonia took hold of him, and in time, he died”(138, paragraph 4). A side of Eddie’s father that Eddie has never seen is suddenly revealed. Eddie uses this unknown side of his father to help amend all of his hateful feelings towards him.

In Act One, tension is commenced after Catherine and Rodolpho go out on a sentimental date to a show at the Paramount. Eddie is presented as a fatherly-like character up to this point, the audience thinks of him as an ordinary,

that’s all,Heh?”,but he said that he won’t call immigration bureau in pg.34 “Oh,Jesus,no, I wouldn’t do nothin’ about that I mean-” However, he destroyed his promise and trusted to Marco and Rodolfo. Because Eddie wants to eliminated Rodolfo who are trying to marry with Catherine and he end up with beat up like Vinny Bolzano’s life. This could possibly shows that Vinny’s characteristics might be the same as or similar to

Eddie runs into Vernon, his ex-brother in law, in the streets who introduces him to the drug NZT. Eddie gets a little hesitant but being a mess that he is and having nothing to lose, goes on and tries the

The conversation creates tension by showing the differences between the two mindsets due to the different justice systems of the two countries. Eddie represents the open-ended Italian system while Alfieri resembles to strict American justice system. Tension is created by the contrast between Eddie and Alfieri, when Eddie gives a loose statement ‘I see it in his eyes; he’s laughin’ at her and he’s laughin’ at me’ Alfieri strictly sticks to the strict American laws which are very different to the Italian system even though Alfieri is an immigrant also like Eddie creating a connection between the two characters even if both have a different mindset towards the law. The tension created in this conversation between these two characters offers the reader a clearer image to Eddie’s muddled thoughts of Rodolpho by creating a clearer image of the situation and the increasing tension can make the reader feel empathy towards Eddie as he is quickly transformed from a very likablea character to be a very aggressive due to his paranoia towards

deal in a way that he is so protective of her that he does not allow