How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #1
MAY: You're gonna' erase me.
EDDIE: What're you talking about?
MAY: You're either gonna' erase me or have me erased.
EDDIE: Why would I want that? Are you kidding?
MAY: Because I'm in the way. (27-31)
This is one of the first moments that really give us a sense of how much violence seethes beneath the surface of May and Eddie's relationship. It's really unsettling that May would just suddenly come out with the suggestion that Eddie would "erase" May. Even though there's no real physical violence in the play, moments like this definitely give us the idea that there's more (violence) than meets the eye in their "love."
Quote #2
MAY: (quietly, staying in corner) I'm gonna' kill her ya' know.
EDDIE: Who?
MAY: Who.
EDDIE: Don't talk like that. (37-40)
And now we get to see May's scary, violent aside. Apparently she's so jealous of Eddie's girlfriend (the Countess) that she threatens to kill her. And not in a fit of anger, but "quietly." Chilling, no?
Quote #3
"I am. I'm gonna' kill her and then I'm gonna' kill you. Systematically. With sharp knives. Two separate knives. One for her and one for you. […] I'm gonna' torture her first though. Not you. I'm just gonna' let you have it. Probably in the midst of a kiss. Right when you think everything's been healed up. Right in the moment when you're sure you've got me buffaloed. That's when you'll die." (41)
May is on a roll, offering still more threats against the Countess—and now Eddie, too. Again, what makes it most alarming is that she's not saying this stuff in a fit of anger; she's just calmly telling Eddie that she wants to kill him and his girlfriend—and how she'd do it.