4. Jealous
Based on Forster‘s theory that round characters are dynamic characters due to the significant changes of emotional and motivation of the characters. 1978:
73 Eddie has revealed his true feeling in his possesiveness, now he is changed from possesive man to a jealous man. When he shows his possesiveness to
Catherine, he unconsciuosly shows his jealousy to her and Rodolpho. This act can be seen when Eddie confronts Alfieri about Rodolpho seizing his niece,
Catherine. He claims that Rodolpho steals from him. Unconsciuosly, he does not realize that he is only her uncle when he says that he does not want to let
Catherine go with another man.
EDDIE. with a helpless and ironic gesture . . . . And now I gotta sit in my
house and look at a son-of-a-bitch punk like that- which he came out of nowhere I gice him my house to sleep I take the blankets
off my bed for him, and he takes and puts his dirty filthy hands on her like a goddam thief
ALFIERI. But, Eddie. She is a woman now.
EDDIE.
He‘s stealing from me p.60 Other quotation that supports his jealousy can be seen in Act One, when he
unconsciously twists the newspaper and bend and rip the rolled newspaper into two parts as he explains to his wife; Beatrice if he is just like Rodolpho, he won‘t
work on the piers. He claims that if he had Rodolpho‘s talents he would work in a dress store. It shows how jealous is Eddie with Rodolpho, he can make Catherine
fall in love with him with his skills like singing, sewing, joking, and cooking while he can not do that.
EDDIE. to Beatrice
He‘s lucky, believe me. That‘s why the water front is no place for him.....I mean like me
– I can‘t sing, I can‘t cook, I can‘t make dresses so I‘m on the water front. But if I could cook, I
could sing, I could make dresses, I wouldn‘t be on the water front.
He has been unconsciusly twisting the newspaper into a tight roll.....I would be someplace else. I would be like in a dress store.
He has bent the rolled paper and it suddenly tears in two....... p. 70
Those characteristics are used in the research analysis in finding the theme of the play. Eddie characterization influences the other major characters, in the
next part of the analysis these characteristics are used as a part in plot analysis.
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