Eddie Carbone



Eddie Carbone is the main protagonist villain of A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller.

Biography
Eddie is the uncle of Catherine, and he is overly protective of her. He gives her snide remarks about her appearance, like "You look like one of them girls who went to college." Eddie has a fierce temper and often takes it out on her. He is a dockhand, in Brooklyn in New York in the 1920s.

Things take a turn for the worse when Marco and Roldopho, Beatrice's cousins, come in from Italy escaping the new oppression. Eddie dislikes Marco and Roldopho instantly, giving him a racial prejudice too. Eddie especially dislikes Roldopho, when he gains Catherine's affections, and he thinks he is turning Catherine into a prostitute. So, Eddie does the most despicable thing he can think of and turns Marco and Roldopho into the police. The police come in and don't find the men.

Eddie is now embittered and he goes on a rampage and confronts Marco. Things come to a head when Catherine professes her love for Roldopho. A fight breaks out between Eddie and Marco, and Eddie attempts to kill Marco, but Marco stabs Eddie badly. Eddie dies in Catherine's arms.

Trivia

 * It is said Eddie was a psychopath, and implied he was incestuously attracted to Catherine.