A View from the Bridge Respect and Reputation Quotes

Marco: "That one! [Eddie] He killed my children! That one stole the food from my children!" (2.223)

When Marco yells this in front of the whole community, he's launching a full-out assault on Eddie's reputation.

Eddie: [Marco's] gonna take that back or I'll kill him! (2.237)

Eddie isn't kidding. He'll do anything to get his good name back, and he does.

Catherine: "Everybody knows you [Marco] spit in his [Eddie's] face, that's enough, isn't it?" (2.224)

Not for Marco. He sees the only way to regain his own honor is to kill Eddie.