What is the relationship between Rodolpho and Eddie in A view from the bridge?

Answer 1

Eddie betraying Rodolfo is an act done out of love, hate, desperation and possessiveness. I disagree to a larger extent that what Eddie had done was just to save Catherine from a marriage without future. Instead, what Eddie did was more for himself than for Catherine. Since the start of episode 1, Eddie had portrayed himself as a very protective person over Catherine, as seen when he voiced his concern about Catherine's new job .The relationship between uncle and niece is very close as Catherine looks up to him quite a lot. .However, this relationship began to decline with the arrival of Beatrice's cousins, Rodolfo and Marco. Trouble began brewing as Catherine's attention began to waver and heard towards a certain handsome blond man, Rodolfo, as seen when Catherine praised Rodolfo's singing so much.. No matter how good a man can be, it is fairly obvious to me that the main reason that drove Eddie to betray Rodolfo was not to save Catherine from a marriage without future, but that Rodolfo had been annoying him since the first day they met, and he wanted to get rid of that anno.

When Eddie comes home and finds Catherine and Rodolpho have been alone in the bedroom he kisses both of them just to show Catherine that Rodolfo is homosexual. Later in the book, we see that Eddie is getting desperate and tries to look for a way to stop the relationship between Rodolfo and Catherine. Alfieri here acts as the catalyst in hinting to Eddie to call the Immigration bureau to betray Rodolfo and Marco.. Overall, I think that what Eddie had done was wrong, and even worse, he did not to it for the sake of Catherine happiness. Eddie has nothing more to lose as he had just destroyed Catherine respect for him.