A Veiw From the Bridge

The audience has been given an immediate impression that the law, justice and violence will be introduced later in the play in some form or another.
             Eddie, Beatrice and Catherine begin to be seated for dinner when Catherine brings up a discussion on the two immigrants and what they should say if anyone asks who they are Eddie suddenly replies with:.
             "I don't care what question it is. You don't know nothing; they got stool pigeons all over this neighbourhood they"re paying "them every week for information.".
             Here, Eddie is trying to convey the seriousness of harbouring the illegal immigrants (Marco and Rodolpho). He is directing his speech at Catherine and Beatrice telling them that there are civilians getting money from the immigration officers to tell them if and where immigrants are staying. Eddie is particularly worried because if the immigrants are caught he also would be put on trial for keeping them in his home. Irony is strong in this scene when Eddie makes such fuss about being worried that either of the two women will let out that they are harbouring immigrants when it is actually Eddie who "rats" on them. This scene is especially dramatic because it puts forward the idea to the reader that something may go tragically wrong involving the two immigrants the law and a snitch. The way that this play promotes these three ideas in Eddie's speech and the way he emphasises how dangerous having the immigrants will be suggests this will be important later in the play and creates a sense of anticipation for the audience. .
             Later, Beatrice confronts Catherine because she has something important to say about the way Catherine acts around Eddie and how for a girl that age it's not normal to have such an intimate relationship with your uncle at her age. This point is brought out best when Beatrice says .
             "That he should let you go. But you see, If only I tell him he thinks I"m just bawlin" him out, or maybe I"m jealous or somethin" Beatrice is talking to Cathy while Eddie is away so in a sense she talking about Eddie behind his back.