This does not please Eddie and he soon stereotypes Rodolfo before knowing him properly. To the audience this might seem that Eddie is being a little to selfish to himself and to Catherine, because if he let little things like that get to him he is never going to enjoy seeing Catherine grow into a young independent woman. Eddie means a lot to Catherine and she takes his feelings into consideration but there is only so much restriction a person can handle. This will show the audience that Eddie seems to have second thoughts about this whole situation and that he is just being paranoid. .
During the play Rodolfo and Catherine's relationship begins to develop in many ways. Their relationship starts as mutual friends and Catherine takes Rodolfo to the main sights of New York. When Eddie realises that Catherine and Rodolfo are getting closer he begins to build an image in his head that Rodolfo is too feminine because he can cook, sew and sing. To the audience this could portray Eddie as selfish and that he is over reacting. Eddie begins to let it show that he has problems with Rodolfo. .
" I ain't been feelin" good. They bother me since they came." .
Eddie is upset that Rodolfo has come from Italy with a carefree image, a boy that cooks, sings and sews and then gets closer to Catherine, which leads to a kiss. In Italy when you have feelings for someone you would confront the girls father and in this situation Rodolfo has done the opposite, which makes Eddie angry. Marco can begin to see the negativity that Eddie is giving Rodolfo and he is beginning to lose patience. The audience might see Eddie as ignorant and intolerant. Eddie thinks that Catherine is going to forget him and therefore he would rather not see her getting close to anyone, which is wrong because he is thinking about his own well being and not thinking to consider what Catherine wants. .
Eddie goes to see Alfieri for some advice on Catherine, Rodolfo and Marco.