EDDIE: Don't bother me!.
BEATRICE: You want somethin" else, Eddie, and you can never have her!".
This shows that Eddies love for Catherine goes too far and that it is not merely the love an uncle has for his niece, it is more than that. This love Eddie has for Catherine challenges the value of family love as this shouldn't happen in a family.
Although Eddie challenges the value of family love he also endorses the value of personal honour at the same time. Eddie is very self-obsessed, caring more for himself than he does for anyone else. Because of this self-obsession, he is enraged when Marco accuses yells across the street as he's being taken away "That one! He killed my children! That one stole the food from my children!" This makes Eddie so mad that he waits for Marco to come back and challenges him in the middle of the street, demanding that Marco "gives him back his name". Unfortunately for Eddie it is his pride that results in his death however this value is still confirmed in the play. I believe that Mills is trying to say that it is very important to hold onto your pride and honor, however to be careful not to take it to the extremes that Eddie has done.
The next character in conflict with some of the values shown in "A View from the Bridge" is Alfieri. Alfieri is symbolic of the person on the bridge looking down onto the community and could even be considered as the bridge himself by trying to link the Italian culture immigrants come from with the American law that they are introduced to. Alfieri acts as the narrator of the novel because of his symbol of the bridge. He is able to look down upon the action and comment from a bird's eye view.
Alfieri is true of his ethnicity, an Italian - American. Alfieri is very intelligent which is obvious from the way he speaks; he speaks correct English grammar whereas the other characters do not. Alfieri also seems wise and philosophical throughout the play.