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A View from the Bridge Abandonment Quotes

How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Act.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue.

Quote #4

Stage Direction: Rodolpho […] with a high tenor voice begins singing:
Rodolpho: "I'll tell you boys it's tough to be alone, And it's tough to love a girl that's not your own […] I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own, A doll that other fellows cannot steal." (1.308)

Eddie becomes really agitated by this little ditty. We wonder if just maybe the words of the song remind him of Catherine.

Quote #5

Eddie: "You're runnin', Katie. I don't think you listening any more to me." (1.430)

Here comes that guilt trip again.

Quote #6

Catherine: "I know him and now I'm supposed to turn around and make a stranger out of him?" (2.57)

Catherine has a tough time abandoning Eddie because she has deep feelings for him herself.