Miller makes sure that the play is assembled so that the conclusion of the conflicts appear inevitable. He has written the play in a way that makes Eddie’s downfall obvious with the use of foreshadowing and other language techniques. Eddie’s opposition with impossible obstacles such as trying to overcome the fact that his niece has grown up and his inability to admit his inappropriate feelings for Catharine and his extreme loathing towards Rodolpho and later on Marco are doomed to the definite downfall of events. The writer starts to foreshadow before the characters are presented to initiate the readers to the idea that the play will contain hardships and problems between them. “Bloody course” This suggests that the community in the play is …show more content…
The word “Bloody” may also imply the fact that someone will die a tragic death either by accident or on purpose, this idea already helps confirms that the character Eddie will not live the life that he thought he would be living, but a life that will add up to his own destruction, this was also suggested by the word “course” which tells us that there was a progression of this problem throughout the play. Miller uses irony in the writing of this play, which was structured in a manner which encourages the reader to anticipate the future outcome surrounding Eddie and his most recent enemy. “ And they spit on him in the streets, ” This is a very significant quotation which Miller used at the beginning of the play, it contains many aspects of foreshadowing and was ultimately said by Beatrice (which is presented as a peacemaker). Miller used Vinny Bolzano’s story to indirectly reflects Eddie’s approaching troubles. “ they spit on him” straight away this intimates the events in end of the play, when Marco successfully spits on Eddies face insulting his pride and dignity openly for everyone to see as a small act of revenge, which I think was the wrong thing to do at that moment, because their relationship was already destroyed when Eddie ruined Marco's only chance to escape poverty. So by spitting on his face it caused more trouble and had only made it significantly harder for all the characters to forgive and …show more content…
I can’t talk about it” This shows how really dysfunctional Eddie and Catherine's relationship actually is, Eddies determination to sacrifice everything to tear Rodolpho and Catherine apart alienates Eddie from those around him especially his niece. This apparently let Catherine become more independent and encouraged her to make her own decisions. The use of repetition of the word “I can’t” indicates Eddie’s desperation and plead to avoid talking about Catherine, which almost made the reader feel bad for him, but there is a chance he might have been trying to manipu- lates Beatrice and Catherine’s feelings to consider the fact that it may be all Catherine’s fault that the family is in despair, which is why he is not on speaking terms with anyone in the house and tends to want to be alone and sulk all by himself, which I consider as a selfish and pathetic act to make the two woman feel guilty. From what I comprehend from “I can’t. I can’t” that he has been putting a fight with his inner thoughts about the fact that he has no more than parental feelings for Catherine and that his intense wish for Catherine not to marry Rodolpho to the point that he is willing to give up everything else in the pursuit of this wish, is just because he cares about her own good and wants the best for