 Now when studying or revising four characters in A View from the Bridge, of course the main protagonist is Eddie Carbon and you do need to remember key quotations and of course do word level analysis when discussing what these quotations illustrate about Eddie's character. So as you can see behind me, essentially I've selected the key quotations to remember when it comes to Eddie's character, whether you're revising A View from the Bridge for your exams or whether you're using this for an essay and of course do bear in mind that there is a course on this that I've created so make sure you check that out. We're going to lots of detail when it comes to both Eddie's character as well as other aspects of A View from the Bridge. Now I'm going to go over the key quotations to remember when it comes to Eddie Carbon's character. Now do bear in mind that he is presented as a tragic figure. In other words he is the protagonist through his fatal flaw which is his attraction to his niece Catherine, this unnatural attraction. He makes a series of mistakes which ultimately leads to his downfall and death okay. Now the first quotation to remember when it comes to his character is when he's telling Catherine that you're the Madonna type. Now bear in mind that this is a metaphor him referring to Catherine as Madonna. Now Madonna essentially refers to the Virgin Mary in the Bible. In other words here we're getting this sense that he sees her as almost this pure virginal creature that he needs to protect from the rest of the world. So whilst we know that she's his niece he has raised her as his daughter and here we can see that he almost has this obsession with protecting her chastity and her purity. He doesn't want her beauty to be seen by any man. So we're already starting to get hints in this quotation that Eddie has almost this unnatural desire to protect his niece's virginity. The second quotation to bear in mind when it comes to Eddie's character again illustrating his relationship with Catherine and how protective he is overprotective to a fault is when he states you can't take no job. He doesn't want Catherine to take a job and again this goes into his overprotective attitude and his overbearing attitude towards his niece. Now the one level analysis to do here is firstly the pronoun you here has been very common towards his niece. Again we sense that this goes beyond a father daughter or an uncle niece relationship. He seems very obsessed with almost protecting her from the rest of the world as if he wants her all to himself. The other one level analysis you want to do is the assonance of oh and no and job. Now the other quotation to bear in mind when it comes to how he is very suspicious of Rodolfo almost jealous is once Rodolfo and Marco arrive he states that guy ain't right ellipsis. You know what I mean? Now here the one level analysis firstly is the euphemism ain't right here do bear in mind that euphemism is a polite way of referring to maybe something that's seen as insulting and of course here he's using this euphemism to basically hint that Rodolfo is a homosexual. Also the other word level analysis you want to do here or rather a structural point you can make is of course the rhetorical question when he's stating you know what I mean in other words he's trying to see whether other people kind of understand that Rodolfo perhaps might be a homosexual okay. The other quotation when it comes to Eddie's character is when he states and he shows this resentment between towards Rodolfo and he's quite resentful of the romantic relationship that evolves between Rodolfo and Catherine because he states I worked like a dog 20 years so a punk could have her and of course here he's really angry that Catherine and Rodolfo firstly contrary to what he believes Rodolfo is not a homosexual he's not gay but secondly Catherine is trying to go from under his grasp and establish an independent life and an independent romantic relationship with Rodolfo which he resents. Now the word level analysis you hear firstly is a simile like a dog of course here initially we bear we remember how Eddie actually he had a really good side to him he looked after Catherine he worked really really hard he was a typical Italian immigrant who came to America who worked very very hard to look after his family so of course the simile is embodying that however he seems really resentful that now Catherine is older she is giving herself over to what he sees as a punk and this is a metaphor describing Rodolfo whom he looks down on. The other quotations remember when it comes to Eddie's character is when he states and this is when he calls immigration services and he decides to report Marco and Rodolfo he states I want to report something illegal immigrants okay now of course these two are declarative sentences bear in mind that a declarative sentence is a sentence that states a fact feeling all mood now here of course this begins the fast trajectory on his downward spiral of course what this will mean once word gets out that he has reported to people from his community is a lot of other Italian migrants will see him essentially as very scarred by this experience they will of course want to avoid him this is also going to be really really bad for his reputation within the Italian immigrant community who always saw anybody who reports and betrays anyone within the community with lots of suspicion okay so of course here he makes a major fatal error and this is of course what leads Marco to resent him and to seek revenge which ultimately leads to his death the final quotation is when he and Marco have a standoff during Catherine and Rodolfo's wedding before Marco ultimately has him killed so of course he turns in the knife that Eddie has on himself and prior to that Eddie is really angry because of course word gets out that he did report Rodolfo and Marco and his reputation is really tarnished and ruined within the Italian migrant community where he lives and he states wiping the neighborhood with my name like a dirty rag I want my name Marco and of course here what Eddie is trying to do is trying to cling onto any shreds of respectability that he has left of course he is blaming them for letting the word out that he had reported them and of course everybody now really sees Eddie in a negative light and he's trying to cling onto any form of respectability which is completely lost and of course he ends up losing control and dying by his own knife now the word level analysis you want to do for this quotation of course when he's talking about wiping the neighborhood with my name like a dirty rag of course like a dirty rag is a simile and also the other word level analysis to do is of course when it comes to both sentences they end with exclamation mark meaning that they are both exclamatory sentences this shows Eddie's increasing desperation and sadly it ends with tragedy because he dies soon after okay so that's really it when it comes to Eddie's character and key quotes remember for his character make sure you check out the course