A View from the Bridge Essay

Eddie’s inability to face the truth of his passion for Catherine is the cause of his downfall. Discuss.

In the novel ‘A View from the Bridge’ Eddie failed to face the truth of his secret and undeniable love for Catherine, this is the root cause of his demise. Eddie was a very proud person and loved his wife, Beatrice very much. He felt very strongly that he would never do anything to hurt his wife, but there was a subconscious niggling thought that he tried to push to the back of his mind. This thought was Catherine. Eddie knew that this was not right and unorthodox but at the same time thought he would give up anything to have her, this included deporting his cousins. Therefore, Eddie found himself unable to express his love for Catherine due to the ethically and morally wrong circumstances.

Eddie was a very proud man and would not even think of betraying his wife. Although, once he saw Catherine as a woman his thoughts changed. He pushed his lust for Catherine to the back of his mind and denied all existence of his intimate feelings for Catherine “you can’t have her!’… what are you talking about B?’ Eddie made sure no one found out about his true feelings by closing