shift during the play. He is an immigrant from Italy and Beatrice‘s cousin. He is calm, land-worker, and he has a significant role in the play.
MARCO. he is a square-built peasant of thirty-two, suspicious, tender and
quiet voiced p.25 The last but not least major character is Alfieri, he is different from other
characters in the play. He has two different roles as a character and as a narrator. In the play, Alfieri categorized as a flat character; it is because his
characterizations do not vary as the story goes. As a character, he is described as a lawyer, and a well-educated man. While as a narrator he has a significant in
directing the situation in the play.
NARRATOR. Enter Alfieri, a lawyer in his fifties turning gray; he is
portly, good- humored, and thoughtful….. p. 3
1. The Description of the Characteristics of Eddie Carbone
Eddie Carbone is the main character in Arthur Miller‘s A View from the Bridge. He liv
ed with his wife and his orphaned niece; his wife‘s name is Beatrice and his niece‘s name is Chaterine. He had a big influence in the play. He works as
a longshoreman in Brooklyn shipyards. In the beginning of the story, they have a fine living. However, it changed since the arrival of the two cousins, Marco and
Rodolpho. In identifying the characteristics of Eddie Carbone, some methods of
characterization from Gol dstone 1960: 6 are used. Nevertheless, Eddie‘s
characterizations change during the play, from a hero to a villain. Therefore, Forster‘s theory on characterization 1978: 73 is used. Through his
characterization‘s analysis, the reader can find the characteristics and the changes.
1. Caring
At the beginning of the play his family looks fine and their relationship is also good. It is because Eddie always takes care of his family especially his wife
and his orphaned niece. Thus, one of Eddie‘s characteristics is caring, as the head of the family, he always gives them full attention. Eddie gives more attention to
his orphaned niece, Catherine. As Eddie and Beatrice do not have a daughter so he always looks after his niece like his daughter. Eddie‘s concern with her niece‘s
skirt, shows his role as a typical father. He reminds Catherine to drees up courteously, he does not Catherine to be in harm because of the way of dressing
up.
EDDIE.
I think it‘s too short ain‘t it?
CATHERINE. standing No not when I stand up.
EDDIE.
Yeah, but you gotta sit down sometimes.………….. p. 4 Next, Eddie‘s concern to his wife, Beatrice. As her two cousins approach,
Beatrice is confused with the condition of the house. She wants to impress her cousins when they arrive but the condition of the house does not sustain it,
therefore she feels desperate. Dealing with his wife condition, Eddie supports his wife not to be worried about the condition of their house when her cousins
arrived.
BEATRICE.
I‘m—I just—I can‘t believe it I didn‘t even buy a tablecloth; I was gonna wash the walls
— EDDIE.
Listen, they‘ll think it‘s a millionaire‘s house compared to the way they live. Don‘t worry about the walls. They‘ll be thankful….. p.
9
2. Overprotective
