A View From The Bridge - Marco notes
Mind map about Marco, includes some notes and quotations
- Created by: Olivia Murray
- Created on: 22-05-13 12:19
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- Marco
- About Marco
- Hes an illegal immigrant from Sicily
- Has come to America to support his family
- Has a strong sense of "right and wrong", especially when Eddie hits Rodolfo
- When he finds out that Eddie has betrayed them he feels like he has to take revenge. "You killed my children."
- Doesn't show regret
- Key quotations/points
- Marco's attitude to justice and law is seen profoundly in pages 58-60
- (he's a square-built peasant of thirty-two, suspicious, tender and quiet voiced) - p. 12
- (Marco is face to face with Eddie, a strained tension gripping his eyes and jaw) - p. 42
- "Marco spits in Eddie's face." - Spitting in Eddie's face shows Marco's utter contempt for him
- Marco is a realist
- He knows of the consequences that come with his actions and about money
- He doesn't dream of owning exquisite things like Rodolfo
- He's a strong but silent type until he believes that injustice has taken place
- Totally unselfish
- Grateful of Beatrice
- He challenges Eddie's manliness and masculinity
- Doesn't threaten Eddie but asserts his dominance over him through body language and eye contact
- About Marco
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