A View from the Bridge A View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller. The play is set in 1950s America‚ in an Italian American neighborhood called Red Hook near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. The main character of the play is Eddie Carbone‚ an Italian American longshoreman‚ who lives with his wife‚ Beatrice and an orphaned niece named Catherine. Eddie is Catherine’s uncle‚ but they are not blood-related. Eddie is very over-protective of Catherine and that he is almost
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In A View From The Bridge Catherine is presented to the audience by being an ambiguous yet socially inexperienced character. "You’re getting to be a big girl now‚ you gotta keep yourself more‚ you can’t be so friendly‚ kid." This quotation is said earlier on in the play by Eddie but Beatrice later gives the same advice to Catherine but in regards to Eddie. Beatrice thinks Catherine needs to grow up and become a woman and to do this she needs to decide by herself whether she wants to marry Rodolfo
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A view from the bridge- The final scene of act one is important because Eddie loses his power to Marco who is an immigrant. In this scene it is the highest point of tension. It is the climax. This play is a tragedy and a traditional tragedy always has climax in the middle which this play has‚ because it has its turning point in the middle‚ it fits into the structure of ‘tragedy.’ The audience may feel tension and start questioning about Eddie’s further steps. Arthur Miller uses dramatic irony
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The purpose of this essay is to discuss the theme of love and how it is presented in A View from the Bridge‚ the importance of love in the play‚ the characters that demonstrate the various types of love‚ and how the characters are affected by these different types of love. Throughout the play‚ Eddie show unnatural love for Catherine and not only acts like a father to her‚ but also as a jealous boyfriend. I dont believe it and I wish to hell youd stop it! This quote is a good example of Eddies jealousy
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Understanding Poems‚ Prose and Plays: TMA02 Analyse a passage from A View from A Bridge that runs from “Eddie‚ moving up steps into doorway: Well‚ I’ll see ya‚ fellas” on page 5 to “Beatrice – her hands clasp at her breast; she seems half in fear‚ half in unutterable joy: They’re alright?” on page 8 of your edition of the play. The extract took place in the beginning of the play in the first act before the arrival of Beatrice’s cousins. In this part of the development of the play‚ we are about
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Miller present family relations at the start of the play? The relationships in ‘A View from the Bridge’ are very complex as because of people’s attitudes back then. There is secrecy‚ suspicion‚ love and concern. Eddie is weirdly attracted to Catherine and his relationship with his wife Beatrice deteriorates. The relationship between Eddie and Catherine is very close‚ although they are not immediate family Eddie has become a surrogate father and thinks of himself as her real father. He is very
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“A View from the Bridge” is a tragic play written by Arthur Miller‚ based on the concept of illegal immigrants being snitched on by their own relatives. In this play‚ the boxing scene refers to the last part of Act 1 or Episode 5 of the play. So far in the play‚ we learn that Beatrice and Eddie are married‚ and their adopted child is Catherine‚ who is almost a legal adult. Marco and Rodolfo are illegal immigrants from Sicily‚ who are Beatrice’s cousins. Catherine and Rodolfo soon start to develop
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2. If Eddie had been the one identified by the shooting victim‚ I think he would have blamed his friend Marcus and tell the officers/police that Marcus was the person who pointed the gun at the innocent people because Eddie will tell them he is black and black people do these kinds of things like shooting‚ stabbing‚
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Through this he stands apart from the drama that engulfs the other characters and is a trustworthy observer as he comments on what is happening with the other characters. By talking directly to the audience he gives an insight to the other characters from his view‚ ‘This ones name was Eddie Carbone‚ a longshoreman…’ ultimately allowing the audience to gain a quicker view of the characters. Throughout the play the audience can see that Alfieri does not want anything from anyone else in the story‚ only
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A View From the Bridge Final Coursework Essay By Salman Ramjaun 10GE... How does Arthur Miller present the ideas of Manliness‚ Hostility and Aggression in ‘A View from the Bridge?’ ‘A View from the Bridge’‚ a play written by Arthur Miller was set in Red Hook‚ Brooklyn in the 1950s; this area consisted of many Italian immigrants who came to Brooklyn to work. The tragic hero of the play named‚ Eddie Carbone is a 40 year old man‚ an American of a Sicilian background; He is described as "a husky
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