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Throughout the extract, Miller reveals Eddie as arrogant and manipulative in the form of his actions. Within the first act of the play, Eddie successfully persuades everyone that they are only messing around by a

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What do we learn about Eddie at this moment of the pay?

In this extract, miller portrays Eddie as a very arrogant character. while boxing with each other, Eddie "crosses directly upstage of Rodolpho". The stage direction that Eddie takes shows Eddies confidence. At this moment of the play the audience learn how Eddie thinks of himself as a more dominant figure to be able to stand there. it suggests that Eddie is the man of the house and is able to do whatever he wishes and will always be above Rodolpho. At the time, the audience would not be shocked by Eddies actions because men were the dominant figure and could present themselves is such a way. furthermore, during the boxing Eddie tells Rodolpho that he "can't hurt him" showing his arrogance and in addition at this moment, Eddie is almost mocking Rudolpho by indirectly calling him weak. at this point of the play, Eddie's behaviour is very arrogant and therefore the audience are disgusted by his behaviour.

Miller additionally portrays Eddie's jealousy through his behaviour with Rodolpho. During the boxing, Eddie "mildly staggers Rodolpho". The action suggest that Eddie has clear intentions of hurting Rodolpho because of his unnatural love for Catherine. his jealousy takes over him and therefore leading him to behave in such ways to hurt anyone in his way and therefore Eddie targets Rodolpho. in addition, Eddie promises to "teach him again" this indicates that Eddie wants to continue teaching rodolpho. furthermore it suggests that Eddie is intending to hurt Rodolpho more because of his jealousy thus revealing his jealousy even more. this shocks the audience because they are disgusted by eddies actions.

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What do we learn about Eddie at this moment of the play?

Miller portrays Eddie as an overly confident character when Eddie says  ''you can't hurt me''. You can see Eddie's dominant and masculine character come out as he clearly and loudly states that Rodolpho won't be able to hurt him. Eddie is clearly belittling Rodolpho in front of Catherine to prove that he is a stronger man than Rodolpho because he knows about her feelings towards Rodolpho and is clearly jealous of the relationship they both have.

Eddie can also been seen asserting his dominance over Rodolpho when he fakes a punch and cathes Rodolpho by surprise as the hit ''mildly staggers him''. This is seen to be a way of telling everyone in the house that Eddie is the man with power and it is also his own cruel way of telling Catherine who is the more dominant and masculine one between him and Rodolpho. Although this was a gentle boxing session Eddie uses it to rough up Rodolpho and to warn him about who is the one in control

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What do we learn about Eddie at this moment of the play?

Miller displays Eddie's character as being arrogant, aggressive, and disrespectful. Eddie's overconfidence is foreshadowed in this extract as he acts egotistically when teaching Rodolpho how to box and tells him and him "Don't pity me" demonstrating that Eddie see's himself as some sort of superior man compared to the others in the house, trying to prove his masculinity versus Rodolpho, also showing off towards Catherine at the same time. Moreover, later on the fight, Eddie tells Rodolpho "you can't hurt me". This further demonstrates Eddie's overconfidence and overestimation of his physical abilities. Furthermore Eddie's behavior displays a sort of fear, jealousy, or unease as he clearly feels the necessity to display his dominance in the house and show that he is the Alpha male and the leader in the household as a warning message towards Rodolpho and also Marco about his dominant presence. In addition we can allude that Eddie has alternate motives in impressing Catherine and proving himself more worthy than Rodolpho.

Miller’s writing reveals Eddie’s growing and uncontrollable
jealousy towards Rodolpho through his violent and aggressive behavior. This is shown when
Eddie continuously insists on teaching Rodolpho “a couple passes” which eventually causes
Rodolpho to “mildly stagger”. This suggests that he is indirectly challenging Rodolpho in
order to portray himself as a more masculine figure in front of Catherine. When Rodolpho
“staggers”, it indicates he has been slightly knocked off his feet further suggesting how
forceful Eddie’s punch was. This reveals his true intentions of purposely harming Rodolpho
displaying him as a relentless and cruel character.

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What do we learn about Eddie at this moment of the play?

miller portrays Eddie as a character who is aggressive as he 'mildly staggers Rodolpho'  during a so called friendly feud/ training. This means that Eddie has injured rodolpho 'mildly' during their traing and friendly boxing match. the word ' mildly ' means slightly therefore this could portray Eddies respect towards Rodolpho which is to a slight extent. moreover this indicates that Eddie is trying to release his anger and envy towards rodolpho in this boxing match and more specifically through this punch. Moreover,  Eddie 'rubs his fists together' this indicates that he is ready to fight and ready for war and vengeance in this case his war is against rodolpho

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What do we learn about Eddie at this moment of the play?

Miller portrays Eddie's character as arrogant, and aggressive. When Eddie offers to teach Rodolpho boxing, he tells him that "you can't hurt me". This shows that Eddie is overconfident in his abilities since he believes that he is more dominant and powerful than Rodolpho. Eddie uses this to intmidate Rodolpho and encouraging him to allow Eddie to teach him how to box.When Eddie and Rodolpho start lightly boxing, Eddie's hit "mildly staggers Rodolpho". Eddie tries to portray this as a friendly boxing experience between the two of them, however he knowingly releases his anger on Rodolpho without the rest of the family members taking notice which highlights the aggressive nature of Eddie.

Miller reveals Eddie as jealous and arrogant throughout the extract. When the song paper doll was being played, "Eddie in thought sits in his chair". This shows that Eddie is furious but decides to calmly think about it rather than take action. This reveals the jealous nature of Eddie's character as he is jealous of Catherine and Eddie's relationship. When Marco asks Eddie if he can lift the chair from its leg, Eddie responds with "Sure, why not?". Eddie says this because he is sure of himself that he is powerful and the strongest man in the house. Marco asked him to lift the chair to prove to him that he is not the strongest man in the house like he thinks he is but Marco is stronger than him.

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What do we learn about Eddie at this moment of the play?

Miller reveals Eddie as a character who is unusually obsessive, uncontrollable and aggressive towards Catherine's potential lover, Rodolpho. Eddie "mildly staggers Rodolpho" during a supposed friendly and amusing boxing match. Clearly, Eddie is trying to make a joke out of his envy towards Rodolpho's relationship with Catherine. He discreetly tries to release his anger out on Rodolpho, through challenging him to boxing, which is a sport Eddie sees himself superior at. He knowingly and intentionally hurts Rodolpho to prove his dominance and supremacy. He feels the need to determine his authority in order to intimidate Rodolpho and show him who the man standing behind Catherine is. His unnatural desires are still subconscious, however his actions are beginning to manifest these feelings. Moreover, Eddie assumes he "didn't hurt" Rodolpho, when in fact, he did. Marco was forced to rise meaning something sever had happened, otherwise Marco would have let is brother take care of it. If Eddie does not consider this painful, who knows to what extents he may take his aggression to before realising the hard truth. Eddie seems to be so fixated on the idea that Rodolpho is completely fine, which he may be physically, but not emotionally as Eddie's disapproval of Rodolpho is apparent.

Miller presents Eddie as being arrogant and conceited. Eddie proudly and surely informs Rodolpho that he "can't hurt him". Eddie is warning Rododlpho, telling him that whatever either of the brothers plan, will not follow through as he is the authoritative figure in this household. Even his intimacy with Catherine will not knock Eddie off his feet. In addition to this, Eddie is intelligently trying to prove Rodolpho's sexuality, challenging his masculinity and strength. Eddie making assumptions of Rodolpho is likely to anger him, allowing Rodolpho to almost fight back against Eddie. This is a reason that Eddie may use when he asked to justify his petty and vicious actions that are meant to be playful. Furthermore, when Marco asks Eddie if he is able to lift the chair by the leg, Eddie replies with overconfidence "sure, why not?". Here, Eddie is attempting to tell Marco that he is no different from him and can perform any seemingly masculine acts just as well as Marco could. This is to prove that Eddie is seen to be more superior, stronger. Miller's intentions are to portray the arrogance that Eddie holds when he is challenged by Marco.

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what do we learn about Eddie at this moment of the play?

Miller presents Eddie as being aggressive and  jealous. While boxing Rodolpho Eddie says "did I hurt you kid" which would suggest that Eddie intentionally hurt Rodolpho and to assert dominance over Rodolpho. This is a sign of jealousy as Eddie is so angry at Rodolpho that he wants to injure him. This shows the audience that eddie is aggressive. During the boxing Eddie "mildy staggers him" which would suggest that Rodolpho didn't think that eddie was going to punch him so hard, which shows the agression displayed by eddie towards Rodolpho.This would aslo suggest that Eddie want to get revenge on Rodolpho since he is the one that Catherine loves.   Overall Eddie wants to display aggression and dominace.

Miller portrays eddie as being arrogant. Eddie says when they were boxing "don't pity me" which would show how he sees Rodolpho as being weak and cant hurt him. This would also suggest that Eddie is defensive as he is saying that if they fought Rodolpho wouldn't have a chance at fighting Eddie so this could be a warning.As when they were boxing Eddie says "you cant hurt me" which would suggest that he want Rodolpho to punch him and he also uses this as a warning, this is because he is suggesting that he wont let any one mess with as Rodolpho is dating Catherine. This would give the effect to the audience that Eddie isnt scared of Rodolpho and that he will protect Catherine from him.

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What do we learn about Eddie at this moment of the play?

At this moment of the play, Miller presents Eddie’s character to be shrewd and dominant. Near the end of the first act of the play, Eddie insists on teaching Rodolpho how to box because “somebody’s liable to step on his foot or sump’m“. Eddie is suggesting that it’s better if Rodolpho is prepared and able to protect himself in case he gets into a fight one day, however Eddie isn’t actually teaching Rodolpho how to box to look out for him, he is using that as an excuse to hurt him but he makes sure that everyone in the room and the audience think that it is just a gentle boxing lesson. Miller revealed Eddie’s arrogance to the audience and everyone else in the room, as Eddie claims to Rodolpho that he “can’t hurt” him. Here Eddie suggests that Rodolpho is too weak and cowardly to fight him, as Rodolpho tells Eddie he doesn’t “want to hit” him, which shows how fearful he is of hurting Eddie.

Miller portrays Eddie as a masculine and aggressive character through his actions at this moment of the play. When Catherine enters the room, she sees Eddie and Rodolpho “lightly boxing” and she immediately starts to worry about what they’re doing. This advocates that Catherine may not trust Eddie as she watches and questions “with beginning alarm: What are they doin’?” This advocates that Catherine may not trust Eddie so seeing him throwing his fists at Rodolpho will have her lose all trust and respect for Eddie. Miller shows Eddie’s hatred towards Rodolpho after they finish boxing, as he “mildly staggers Rodolpho” which causes Marco to rise and Catherine to rush to Rodolpho calling out “Eddie!”. Eddie realises how much Catherine cares for Rodolpho which angers him, “rubbing his fists together”, “I’ll teach him again”. Here Eddie says this to hint at Rodolpho that he will get back at him for causing Catherine to pay more attention to Rodolpho than him. Miller intends on making the audience to feel hatred towards Eddie and pity towards Rodolpho.

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What do we learn about Eddie at this moment of the play?

In this extract, Miller presents Eddie as an extremely jealous character. To illustrate his superiority, he rhetorically questions Rodolpho "Did I hurt you kid?" after he clearly "staggers" Rodolpho. This indicates that Eddie knows he Bruised Rodolpho, as Eddie smiles at his cruel actions this representing Eddie's pure jealousy towards Rodolpho. Eddie punches Rodolpho to symbolise a warning. Furthermore, that he isn't afraid to do it again, this signaling that Rodolpho should stay away from Catherine. This makes the audience feel sympathetic towards Rodolpho's character, yet they are held with anticipation to what Eddie might do if Rodolpho and Catherine's relationship intensifies, this keeps them intrigued making them want to read on. In addition, Miller purposefully uses this dialogue to represent Eddies intimidating character, to show his character development throughout the play.
Secondly, Miller illustrates that Eddie then intentionally offers to "teach" Radolpho to box. He offers Rodoplho yet gives forces him.This illustrates that Eddie wants to intentionally hurt Rodolpho, and didn't offer Rodopho out of kindness. This makes the audience understand Eddies character more clearly as they observe that Eddie is envious and aggressive character in the play. Furthermore, this creates a tensed atmosphere.

Moreover, Miller portrays Eddie as a dominant character.He indicates this when Eddie is asked to lift a chair by Marco and asks "What do you
mean?", even though he understood what Marco meant. To then prove his dominance he replies "sure why not".Strength shows a mans dominance yet he failed to carry the chair. Then when Marco lifts the chair, it symbolises a silent threat. This is ironic as Eddie had just threatened Rodolpho, now Marco is threatening Eddie. He does this to signal that he will not hesitate to protect Rodolpho. This creates a tensed atmosphere, as Marco proves to be more dominant than Eddie in his own house.

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What do we learn about Eddie at this moment of the play?

Throughout the extract, Miller reveals Eddie as arrogant and manipulative in the form of his actions. Within the first act of the play, Eddie successfully persuades everyone that they are only messing around by allowing Rodolpho to hit him a few times and then reassures him that he 'can't hurt' him. The other characters interpret it as though Eddie is trying to urge Rodolpho to practice boxing. In reality, Eddie is covertly questioning Rodolpho's sexuality and strength. His intentions was to anger Rodolpho into striking him so he can justify his following hits as fooling around. Miller intended to expose Eddie's devious side which induced a sense of anxiety in the audience of what's to come. After the dispute, Eddie 'rubs his fists together' promising to 'teach him again.' This is another example of how Eddie hides his true intentions which in this case was harming Rodolpho. Moreover, he displays the extent at which he will go just to keep Catherine to himself. He is willing to physically harm someone and even threaten them after. This alarms the audience as they are surprised at how his obsession has changed him.

Miller displays Eddie as untrustworthy and deceitful through his behavior. Catherine sees the fight when she walks in, and immediately questions what Eddie's intentions are. This reveals Eddie as dishonest because his own daughter doesn't trust him and even his wife during the early stages of the boxing. Millers intentions was to show Eddie's true nature in a hidden manner. By doing so, the audience has become wary of Eddie's actions and their underlying meaning. Even after purposefully hitting Rodolpho he still pretends to be apologetic by asking if he had 'hurt him.' In actuality Eddie is yet again questioning Rodolpho's sexuality. Moreover, he said it in a mocking manner implying that he wasn't trying and proving to Catherine that Rodolpho was fragile, weak and she deserved better. Especially during the 1950s men were expected to be strong and Eddie hoped Catherine would become uninterested in Rodolpho. Miller intended to show how important dominance and masculinity was to Eddie. This should intensify the audience's hatred towards Eddie.

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What do we learn about Eddie at this moment of the play?

Miller portrays Eddie as a powerful and dominant character. As Eddie begins to teach Rodolpho how to box he "crosses directly upstage" of him. This means Eddie has positioned himself in front of Rodolpho. This action highlights that Eddie perceives himself as dominante and in charge since he is attempting to intimidate Rodolpho. Eddie is envious of Rodolpho since he is involved with Catherine. Therefore, he feels like he is losing control of his family so he picks on Rodolpho to prove to Catherine that he is more of a 'man' than Rodolpho. This makes the audience anxious as they know Eddie has strong feelings towards Catherine so the boxing between Eddie and Rodolpho could escalate quickly. Also, the audience knows Eddies likes control so if he feels like he is losing it, he frustration would reflect in his actions. Moreover, after Rodolpho stumbles due to Eddies forceful actions, he asks "did I hurt you, kid?". This reveals that Eddie thinks lowly of Rodolpho and is trying to show is power by calling him "kid". It emphasises his authority as children are usually told what do to and controlled, which is exactly what Eddies wants to do. Also, Eddie is not genuinely showing concern as the real reason why he wanted to teach Rodolpho how to box was just to get revenge on Rodolpho for being with Catherine. The audience would be feeling detest towards Eddie as he is intentionally trying to harm Rodolpho and is disregarding him. So during this moment of the play, we have learnt that Eddie is jealous of Rodolpho, therefore is trying to show his dominance by undermining and intimidating him.

In this play, Eddie is seen to be an aggressive and sly person as he threatens and harms other characters. Eddie offers to teach Rodolpho how to box since "somebody's liable to step on his foot". This means that Eddie is wanting to teach Rodolpho how to box in the case of him getting in a fight with someone. However, Eddie is subtly hinting to him that he may be that person if Rodolpho doesn't be mindful with Catherine as Eddie is very protective over her. Eddie's cunning manner of asserting this dominance is to show that he is still in control and is not afraid to be aggressive if things get out of hand. This makes the audience uneasy as the sly remark could build tension between the two characters, resulting in someone getting hurt. In addition, as the boxing begins to escalate, Eddie "jabs" and "staggers" Rodolpho. These stage directions displays that Eddie is using the excuse of teaching Rodolpho how to box so he can injure him. This is linked to his desire towards Catherine because he is jealous of Rodolpho dating her. He is taking out his anger on Rodolpho since he can’t have Catherine to himself. Miller’s intentions are to make the audience worried for Rodolpho because Eddie’s jealousy is so significant within him that is could result in Rodolpho getting seriously injured.

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WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT EDDIE AT THIS MOMENT OF THE PLAY?

In this play, Miller presents the character of Eddie to be a sly and controlling. During the first act of the play, Eddie decides to teach Rodolpho how to box because “somebody’s liable to step on his foot”. This means that Rodolpho could end up in a fight with someone and should be able to protect himself. However, the message that Eddie could be attempting to convey is that Rodolpho should be careful with what he is doing with Catherine as Eddie could use his strength and masculinity against Rodolpho which could end up not being in his favour. Moreover, this displays the jealousy that Eddie possesses  as he is threatening Rodolpho and Catherines relationship by fighting Rodolpho. This highlights the sly and controlling behaviour of Eddie as he is trying to control and show that he is not scared by the relationship Rodolpho has with Catherine and that it will not last as long as Eddie is their. The audience’s reaction could be shock as they would have not expected this sort of behaviour from a respectable man such as Eddie therefore they would be disgusted or appalled by Eddie. Additionally, after Eddie and Rodolpho are finished boxing Eddie is seen rubbing the “back of his hand across his mouth”. This could symbolise the fact that if Rodolpho says anything against Eddie that he will retaliate aggressively. Also, since Rodolpho had previously punched Eddie he could be signalling the fact he won’t get another chance again to hurt Eddie again.

In this play, the audience learns about Eddies extent of dominance. While boxing with Rodolpho, Eddie is seen to be “directly upstage” of Rodolpho. To be upstage of someone means that they are in front of them, therefore the fact that Eddie is “directly” in front of Rodolpho displays his confidence and masculinity compared to Rodolpho. This shows how Eddie is trying to display a dominant persona by gesturing to Rodolpho that he is not scared of what Rodolpho might do, also it is informing both the audience and Rodolpho that he is still the head of the house no matter what happens. The audience’s reaction to this could be suspense as they are not sure what Eddie might do next. In addition, when boxing Eddie assured Rodolpho that he “can’t hurt” him. This ‘assurance’ from Eddie was a sign of mockery as he is highlighting the fact that Rodolpho isn’t as strong and as masculine as Eddie and that his femininity will be his weakness when next to Eddie. Moreover, this can also be seen as a message to Rodolpho saying that no matter what relationship you have with Catherine, Eddie will use his dominant personality to break it. The reaction from the audience could be despise for Eddie as he is downgrading Rodolpho’s status and diminishing it to nothing.

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what do we learn about Eddie at this moment of the play?

Miller depicts eddie as aggressive and barbaric ,this is seen when Eddie is 'teaching' rodolpho boxing towards the end of act I; he continuously mocks rodolpho and physically assaults him, almost talking in a condescending manner "did i hurt you kid?".This implies that eddie is almost trying to conceal this behaviour by acting alarmed which shows how sly and manipulative eddie is.Eddie talks to rodolpho in a condescending manner implies that he is jealous of rodolpho and fears losing her which is what motivates him to do these actions.

Eddie's actions portray his true intentions and motives which he attempts to mask.After the light boxing between Eddie and Rodolpho,Eddie is 'rubbing his fists together' implying he wants to fight Rodolpho asserting dominance.This has a duel meaning of both his jealousy for Catherine and the extent he is willing to go to to win-over Catherine.Eddie's shrewd and sly behaviour is also seen when he 'rubs his hand over Rodolpho's face' which can be interpreted as Eddie acting sympathetic as to not display his true emotions towards Rodolpho.

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Eddie's unnatural desires are made to be visible by his actions. After hurting Rodolpho in a 'friendly' boxing match, Eddie says 'I'll teach him again' , here Eddie literally means how he will teach Rodolpho how to box again. The phrase represents how he will get back at Rodolpho or will take revenge as though Eddie will teach Rodolpho a 'lesson'. This phrase has two meanings which highlights how manipulative and two-faced Eddie is. Also the fact that Eddie will be the one teaching expresses his dominance. Eddie is highlighting his dominance and power as a threat to Rodolpho, insinuating what will happen if Rodolpho doesn't back away from Catherine. Eddie is jealous of Rodolpho due to his intimacy with Catherine as Eddie wants her and the fact that Eddie is the authority of the house but yet can not do anything about their relationship frustrates him and he reestablishes and reminds Rodolpho of his dominance through this threat. Furthermore the song 'Paper doll' reveals Eddie's incestual desires further. "I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own, A doll that other fellow cannot steal" are the verses of paper doll. We can see from this that the paper doll is meant to represent how Eddie feels about Catherine. The song also symbolizes how Catherine can never be his as it is wrong and inner conflict is created in Eddie, these actions of Eddie show that he is not in control and Miller does this to foreshadow something catastrophic creating tension in audience.

Miller portrays Eddie as manipulative through his hidden hostility towards Rodolpho. "Eddie crosses directly upstage of Rodolpho", the position at which Eddie and Rodolpho are shows opposition which creates tension. This creates a hostile atmosphere and displays jealousy as Eddie is trying to manifest his dominance upon Rodolpho as if to satisfy his jealousy by displaying that he is superior to Rodolpho and there isn't anything to be jealous of. further on after staggering rodolpho with a blow he asks "Did I hurt you, kid?" Eddie is not really concerned but is rather challenging Rodolpho to show that Eddie can hurt Rodolpho and is more powerful in order to scare him away from Catherine, this shows the manipulation and how sly Eddie is. The audience are made to dislike Eddie and pity Rodolpho and Catherine.