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‘… you can quicker get back a million dollars that was stole than a word that you gave away.’ (p.13)
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Eddie says when giving advice to Bea and Catherine about never talking about the immigrants living with them.
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‘He was as good a man as he had to be in a life that was hard and even.’ (p.15)
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Alfierri describing Eddie just before the cousins arrive.
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‘I knew where he was heading … I was so powerless to stop it.’ (p.38)
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Alfierri foreshadowing the tragedy after Eddie's first visit to see if the law will stop Rodolpho from stealing Catherine from him.
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‘I want my respect!’ (p.56)
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Eddie talking to Beatrice about the way she treats him. He thinks she is disrespectful and questions his ideas and actions too much.
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‘The law? All the law is not in a book.’ (p.66)
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Marco to Alfierri when questioning what will happen to Eddie as a result of dobbing on Marco and Rodolpho to the Immigration Bureau.
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‘You want something else, Eddie, and you can never have her!’ (p.70)
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B. says to Eddie when he refuses to accept Rodolpho's request for peace between him and Marco.
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‘… even as I know how wrong he was, and his death useless … I confess that something perversely pure calls to me from his memory …’ (p.72)
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Alfierri in the final monologue of the play as he reflects on Eddie's behaviour.
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‘Now we settle for half and I like it better.’ (p.2)
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Alfierri referring to the way the Sicilians have compomised their beliefs to live in America. They are not wholly open.
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'You see how uneasily they nod to me?' (p.1)
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Alfierri explaining how laywers, and priests, are viewed by the inhabitants of Red Hook.
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'Justice is very important here.' (p.2)
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Alfierri explaining how the law was taken into the hands of the local inhabitants to ensure that justicce was done.
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'... and watched it run its bloody course.' (p.1)
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Alfierri foreshadows the tragedy.
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'Listen, you been givin' me the willies the way you walk down the street.'
'you're walkin' wavy.' (p4) |
Eddie is noticing that Catherine is growing up and comments on her walk. He does not like the attention she is getting from other men.
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'The man would be honoured to lend me a place to sleep.' (p.7)
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Eddie explaining why he is happy to have the cousins stay with him and B. while they get on their feet.
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'...you look like a madonna, you know that? (p.10)
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Catherine has just told him about the job and he is not happy. He is trying to explain his reservations to the type of people she will be working around.
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'Like Vinny Bolzano, remember Vinny?' (p. 12)
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Eddie relates the story of Vinny, a 14yr old boy who snitched on his uncle to the Immigration Dept. This foreshadows Eddie doing the same thing.
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