Fill in the gap: "The law? All the law is not in a ＿＿＿＿＿" Marco, Act II

Answer: "The law? All the law is not in a book "

Fill in the gap: "Now we ＿＿＿＿＿ for half, and I like it better" Alfieri, Act I

Answer: "Now we settle for half, and I like it better"

Fill in the gap: "When am I gonna be a ＿＿＿＿＿ again, Eddie?" Beatrice, Act I

Answer: "When am I gonna be a wife again, Eddie?"

Fill in the gap: "Leave him finish, it's ＿＿＿＿＿!" Catherine, Act I

Answer: "Leave him finish, it's beautiful !"

Key quote: "Most of the time now we settle for half and I like it better" Alfieri, Act II

Analysis Alfieri's closing echo softens "Now" to "Most of the time". This small change shows his growing uncertainty about justice after Eddie's death.

Key quote: "...they spit on him in the street, his own father and his brothers. The whole neighbourhood was crying" Eddie, Act I

Analysis The Vinny Bolzano story foreshadows Eddie's own fate as an informer. It shows the community's harsh code of justice .

Key quote: "This is not God, Marco. You hear? Only God makes justice" Alfieri, Act II

Analysis Alfieri begs the religious Marco to leave revenge to God. His helpless plea shows how the law cannot deliver the justice Marco wants.

Key quote: "You want somethin' else, Eddie, and you can never have her!" Beatrice, Act II

Analysis Beatrice finally names Eddie's forbidden desire for Catherine. "Never have her" exposes the incestuous feelings driving his behaviour.

Key quote: "I take the blankets off my bed for him, and he takes and puts his dirty filthy hands on her like a goddam thief" Eddie, Act I

Analysis Eddie sees Catherine as his property and Rodolpho as a "thief". This reveals his wounded masculine pride and jealousy.

Key quote: "Marco's got my name ... and you can run tell him, kid, that he's gonna give it back to me" Eddie, Act II

Analysis Eddie confuses manliness and honour with his "name". His demand exposes the deception behind his sense of grievance.

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A View from the Bridge (Edexcel IGCSE English Literature): Flashcards

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Fill in the gap: "The law? All the law is not in a ＿＿＿＿＿"
Marco, Act II

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Cards in this collection (10)

Fill in the gap: "The law? All the law is not in a ＿＿＿＿＿"
Marco, Act II
Answer: "The law? All the law is not in a book"
Fill in the gap: "Now we ＿＿＿＿＿ for half, and I like it better"
Alfieri, Act I
Answer: "Now we settle for half, and I like it better"
Fill in the gap: "When am I gonna be a ＿＿＿＿＿ again, Eddie?"
Beatrice, Act I
Answer: "When am I gonna be a wife again, Eddie?"
Fill in the gap: "Leave him finish, it's ＿＿＿＿＿!"
Catherine, Act I
Answer: "Leave him finish, it's beautiful!"
Key quote: "Most of the time now we settle for half and I like it better"
Alfieri, Act II
Analysis
Alfieri's closing echo softens "Now" to "Most of the time". This small change shows his growing uncertainty about justice after Eddie's death.
Key quote: "...they spit on him in the street, his own father and his brothers. The whole neighbourhood was crying"
Eddie, Act I
Analysis
The Vinny Bolzano story foreshadows Eddie's own fate as an informer. It shows the community's harsh code of justice.
Key quote: "This is not God, Marco. You hear? Only God makes justice"
Alfieri, Act II
Analysis
Alfieri begs the religious Marco to leave revenge to God. His helpless plea shows how the law cannot deliver the justice Marco wants.
Key quote: "You want somethin' else, Eddie, and you can never have her!"
Beatrice, Act II
Analysis
Beatrice finally names Eddie's forbidden desire for Catherine. "Never have her" exposes the incestuous feelings driving his behaviour.
Key quote: "I take the blankets off my bed for him, and he takes and puts his dirty filthy hands on her like a goddam thief"
Eddie, Act I
Analysis
Eddie sees Catherine as his property and Rodolpho as a "thief". This reveals his wounded masculine pride and jealousy.
Key quote: "Marco's got my name ... and you can run tell him, kid, that he's gonna give it back to me"
Eddie, Act II
Analysis
Eddie confuses manliness and honour with his "name". His demand exposes the deception behind his sense of grievance.

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