Notes

He reverses the direction and stabs Eddie. Eddie falls down and dies. His last words were: 'Beatrice'. This shows that even though Catherine must have meant more to him than a child, he still thinks that Beatrice is his one true love and that he thought of Beatrice more than he thought of Catherine, even though, it seems that he likes Catherine more. The theme of 'A View from the Bridge' is an ordinary man's tragedy. Eddie is a temperamental person, who does not like to be beaten at things that he would call 'manly' and certainly does not like to lose in front of people who respect him and treat him like the man of the house. In the play, Eddie is a man torn apart by two people, who are both related. He likes both in very much the same way. This is just one of his worries, but when his wife's cousins come, his life is 'scrunched into a ball and flung into a bin'. The contrast is so great that he loses everything that he has achieved but most of all, he loses his life and 'honour'. Overall I think that many things motivate Eddie but the most important thing is his secret desire for Catherine and he can never come to terms with the fact that he does not own her. I think this is also why he eventually dies because he cannot let go.