Act 1 Flashcards
(44 cards)
talks about how justice is sometimes dealt with outside the law
“Justice is very important here.”
He has a timeless story to tell, one that ran …. which he was powerless to prevent. He introduces the hero, Eddie Carbone.
“a bloody course”
What does alfieris limes at the start tell us
He sets us up to expect a tale which can only end badly.
quotes from alfieri at the very start
“Justice is very important here.”
“A bloody course “
“I am a lawyer “
Eddies comment about the way Catherine was walking
“I’m tellin’ you, you’re walking’ wavy.”
Eddies comment about Catherine’s late mother
“I promised your mother on her deathbed”
Eddie feels his responsibility keenly and wants to be seen as a good father. He calls her a “baby” and is emotionally controlling.
“You’re a baby, you don’t understand these things.”
Eddies disapproval for Catherine wanting a job
“You can’t take no job.”
Eddies realisation Catherine is growing up
“I just never figured one thing. That you would ever grow up.”
Type of girl Eddie describes Catherine as
“the Madonna type”
Beatrice talking to Eddie bout Catherine working
“She’s gotta work sometime.”
Beatrice trying to explain to Eddie Catherine is grown up now
“She’s no baby any more.”
Rhetorical question asked by Beatrice to Eddie to make him realise he is being too strict
“You gonna keep her in the house all your life?”
Beatrice telling Katie she shouldn’t care about eddies opinion
“Be the way you are Katie. Don’t listen to him.”
Quotes that suggest loyalty to the community
“It never comes out of your mouth….”
“Just remember kid, you can quicker get back a million dollars that was stole than a word you gave away.”
Eddie seems generous as he invites the brothers to stay longer.
“It’s no skin off me”
Catherine wondrously asking about the cousins skin colour
“How come he’s so dark and you’re so light, Rodolfo?”
Eddie humiliates Catherine in front of Rodolfo by making her change her shoes
He mockingly calls her Garbo, after the film star. He controls how she dresses – like a conservative father and jealous admirer.
“What’s the high heels for, Garbo?”
Beatrice is unhappy that Eddie has neglected her sexually. He claims he isn’t feeling well but later on we realise that Beatrice suspects the real reason is his attraction to Catherine
“everything ain’t great with me”
“When am I gonna be a wife again, Eddie?”
“It’s almost three months”
“You gonna stand over her till she’s 40?”
Eddie Sounds more like a jealous boyfriend
I don’t see you no more.
finding fault with Rodolfo.
“He don’t respect you”
He is prepared to hurt Catherine’s feelings in his attempts to get rid of Rodolfo.
“Katie, he’s only bowin’ to his passport.”
Eddie playing victim and making it about himself
“Don’t break my heart”
Beatrice is telling her to start acting like a grown up. Beatrice encourages her to marry Rodolfo and defy Eddie. Beatrice hints at Eddie’s sexual feelings
“You’re not a baby any more”
“He’s not your father”
“You can’t act the way you act”
“Now the time come when you said good-bye”
