Eddies Character and Relationship Towards His Family
Summary:
View from the bridge
by Arthur Miller
As we knew from the play that Eddie is a longshoreman in the forties and a little over-weighted. He lives in a low class community. It has poor buildings, poor people and poor salary. Eddie himself doesn't take more than 30 dollars a week. This is a small amount of money for a family which consists of three. This sum of money isn't enough for food, clothes, medic care or even education.
Anybody with these standards of life shouldn't be at all happy. Eddie on the contrary is satisfied. Any other person with a wife and niece and takes that some of money will refuse to pay or raise up a niece. He has raised his wife's niece since her mothers death. He had cared and loved her all the way raising her and everyday he loved her more and more. Anybody should say this "Why should I pay to my wife's niece money in anything"" Nobody could accuse him of taking no responsibility of the girl because she isn't related to him in any way. Not only she isn't related to him but also because he isn't wealthy ; instead he is really poor. He could've made Catherine go and work and take her money or make his wife take care of Catherine. The least anybody could do if they were in his place is to hate Catherine for using up his resources. He could've made her work at home instead of his wife, he could've made her work as a servant for anyone and of course he could've sent her away to foster care. But Eddie wouldn't do that ; he worked and worked to supply her with food and give her clothes and he sent her to school to be educated and take a better job than he took, with a much better income.
Eddies love towards his wife and Catherine is obvious in evidence that he sacrifices to do many things to be able to satisfy his wife and niece. His over care for both his wife and his wife's niece or daughter in Eddies opinion is shown in the story. Eddie is proud of Catherine by saying "If you're mother was alive to see you now! she wouldn't believe it." This quote is a sign of proudness and it shows that Eddie is fond of Catherine. He also cares for her appearance and her clothes "I think its too short, ain't it"" Catherine had been wearing a short skirt as Eddie have said and because he afraid that someone would look at her heels or legs and he wouldn't allow that . another example is when he said "You've been givin' me the willies the way you walk down the street. "Eddie has been trying to tell Beatrice his wife not to become worried and to calm and its ok "Don't worry about it, B., there's nothin' to it." This shows how much he cares for her happiness.
Another example is when she wanted a table cloth and that its too late to get one ; she was really upset but Eddie helped her calm. Eddie made Beatrice feel better by having an answer to any problems she had from cleanliness problems to food problems. Eddie is complimenting Beatrice with nice quotes "You got such a heart that I'll end up on the floor with you." Eddie tells Catherine not to go to work and to finish school even though he could get a lot with 50 dollars a week which is more than he takes a week. He isn't a selfish person he wants her to finish studying because now isn't like long ago where you could get a job without being educated. Now if people want to get a good place in the community they've got to be educated. Eddie wants Catherine to get a better career than his. This proves that he treats her as if she's his daughter because the only people who want someone to be better than them is ones own parent. this appears in Eddies quote "I want you to be with a different kind of people I want you to be in a nice office."
I like Eddies character because he is almost perfect. He treats Catherine in a very applicable way and he adores his wife and tries not to bother her and he lets Catherine out of trouble. He prefers his wife for himself. He is a loving caring father and he wishes the best for Catherine. Viva la Eddie.
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