The bridge essay quotes

You won't have a friend in the world, Eddie! Even those who understand will turn against you, even the ones who feel the same will despise you! This quote encapsulates the problem with Eddie's choice to turn the brothers in to Immigration, and to the extent to which Eddie's obsession has taken over.

He fixates on Marco's accusation because it threatens the only thing he has left—the last shards of a self. All the law is not in a book. The law is one of the main themes of the play—more specifically, the multifaceted nature of the law.

And then there is this quote—a strange and dreamy comment that seems out of place. Indeed, Eddie DOES kiss Rodolpho later in the play; it is ostensibly to prove that he is homosexual and thus protect Catherine, but it is so odd and spontaneous and inappropriate that the audience's suspicions are certainly raised.

The Bridge in the play's title refers to the Brooklyn Bridge, which links Manhattan and the borough. The play suggests a symbolic bridge uniting Old Italy and the New. Red Hook and Sicily are kinfolk, but estranged.