Eddie and Beatrice Essay

During the dance between Catherine and Rodolpho, Marco has a short communion with Eddie and Beatrice. Eddie becomes jealous when Marco brags how well Rodolpho can cook.We eat very well on the boat especi each(prenominal)y when Rodolpho comes on everybody gets fat.Eddie outbursts with jealousy towards Rodolpho saying he cant cook, he cant spill and he cant make dresses.Beatrice and Marco realised that whilst he was saying all of this that Eddie was twisting a paper into a tight roll. Eddie then goes on taking pity on himself.If I could cook, if I could sing, if I could make dressesAs Eddie goes on he gets more and more frustrated and agitated, eventually the newspaper snapped in half.Eddie mentions boxing to Marco. Marco felt uneasy due to the fact he knew Eddie was frustrated. Eddie soon gets to his point crossways he wants to teach Rodolpho boxing. knowing full well that what he had in mind. Beatrice askedWhats he got to conduct that for?As she tries to come up with a reason not to teach him boxing.Eddie begins to teach Rodolpho how to lead with his left wing hand and to block. After all this Eddie temps Rodolpho to hit him.Come on kid, put sumpm butt itRodolpho swings aggressively at Eddies jaw and grazes it. This heats up the tension even more. The audience expects a affair as Eddie should react to the blow. Eddie however does react but pretends that it is an accident but you can see that this is not the case. The effect of Eddies punch on Rodolpho was so fierce that the other characters was totally disgusted by it an knew that it was necessary. Catherine runs to Rodolphos aid and Marco rises and Beatrice tells Eddie,Thats enough.The audience might have expected this part of the scene to issuing in a big fight due to the unnecessary force Eddie used. They were stunned to see Rodolpho smirk and say,I was only surprised.Marco then challenges Eddie. This was a test of strength in which Eddie does not win.Marco displays his strength to all of the char acters. Marco show off his strength and also warn off Eddie using a glare of admonition which quickly reverts to a smile of triumph.This makes the audience feel sorry for Eddie because Marco was now the superior strength in the Carbone household. The audience were left in the dark as the scene ends with Marco holding a chair above Eddies head. Arthur Miller has created the dramatic scene ending.The instant difference between the end of Act I and the end of Act II is that at the end of Act I Marco proves his stength.