The Theme of Jealous in Tvamb

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The theme of jealousy is explored throughout a view from the bridge in many different ways. In Act one when Catherine meets Rodolfo and Marco , Eddie is instantly jealous that Rodolfo is going to steal his niece away from him. Eddie said that Rodolfo gives him the ‘heeby-jeebies’ which shows us that he was uncomfortable with his presence and Beatrice replies saying ‘you’re just jealous’ which portrays the fact that she has recognised how Eddie doesn’t want Catherine to be taken away by another man. His jealousy of Rodolfo stealing Catherine away from him later continues when Rodolfo and Catherine have been out to the pictures which Eddie wasn’t very happy about and he says to Catherine ‘I don’t see you no more’ which shows us that he misses her. Eddie is later gutted when Catherine tells him that he likes Rodolfo and ‘his smile goes’ as she loves another man who isn’t Eddie. Eddie’s jealousy even causes him to choose to turn his back against his Italian community because of his selfish lust of Catherine. Eddie calls immigration and tells them about Marco and Rodolfo who have been living in America illegally by doing this he turned against his community and abided by the state laws. This act later leads to him losing the respect of his community and friends, losing his name and personal identity which he treasures. Eddie thinks that a real man should me strong and tough like him. He also thinks that a real man should be the breadwinner who works hard like himself. Earlier on in the play, Eddie suggests that a man would always look at a pretty woman in a sexual way instead of just how they would to a normal person which is why he says that there are ‘bad men’ at Catherine’s workplace. Eddie thinks that Rodolfo is homosexual as he does not like to work and has blonde hair that makes him look quite feminine. He also thinks that Rodolfo is homosexual as he sings on

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