Arthur Miller shows the characters by he does actually feel sympathy for him during the play, Alfieri has a very strong role and to remain objective all the way through the play. Miller shows the audiences that Alfieri did really feel sorry for Eddie at the end of the play, and also makes the audiences think about the concepts as they finish writing the play. Right at the end of the play Eddie ends up trying to kill Marco but ends up spitting on Eddies face then Eddie Drawn the knife but Marco end up turning the knife so Eddie ended up killing himself. The last line shows that contradictory nature of Alfieri feeling for Eddie.
Eddie works as a longshoreman and had an excellent relationship with his niece Catherine. As you can see Eddie is a very strong person in himself and likes to be in control of other people and also things around him otherwise this makes him feel insecure. He likes to have his own territory to protect, in the play you can see he is being loyal but he is being loyal in a different type of way to others. When Eddie is around people and something is wrong he shows no sort of emotion to them or other at all to see what is the matter. Eddie has got a wife who is Beatrice. In the play Beatrice moans to Eddie by saying “Make me a woman again” Beatrice is trying to get through to Eddie that she needs more love, attention and also sex. This is probably because Eddie is in love with Catherine but Beatrice and Catherine do not see this. Beatrice does not have a big part of the play as Eddie or Catherine but she is still a very big park in the act. Eddie needs to know he has full control and responsibility of Catherine at all times. Catherine has no idea that Eddie’s feelings are improper to her but it is clearly obvious to the audience. Catherine falls in love with Rodolpho another character in the play, this is Beatrice’s cousin so the situation is quite confusing at times. Beatrice does not see that Eddie likes her more than Rodolpho till near the end of the play, but the things that help her to find this out are she matures / grows up to be a more of a modern woman. At the start of the play Catherine loved pleasing Eddie because she knows she is doing the right thing and it makes her feel more responsible.
In the play it shows that Beatrice is a very responsible person, caring and very down to earth. Arthur miller tried to get his point across to the audience to show that Eddie was not really in love with Beatrice but somebody else but I interoperated it was Catherine. Beatrice wants Catherine to be a bit more of a niece to Eddie. “What Job? She’s going to finish school”. Eddie wants to look after Catherine and he feels women should not go to work. Catherine takes a very young and lively character in the play, but she feels that Eddie is always in control of her and everything she does.
“Catherine you never mix with somebody else’s family” which is shown here.
His family had very high expectations of Marco. In This play as you know Rodolpho ends up falling in love with Catherine very quickly, because Rodolpho influences her.
Eddie ends up hating Rodolpho because Catherine and Rodolpho fall in love but Eddie gets really jealous at this, and Rodolpho does not know why Eddie hates him so much. Eddie tries to influence her by saying things like he is a homosexual, because he does things like makes dresses, sings and is only trying to get in America but marrying Catherine, this is because he was an illegal immigrant. But Catherine jus ignores this and tries to persuade Eddie that he is totally wrong. Nearing the end of the play Eddie ends up trying to kiss Rodolpho in front of Catherine to prove that Eddie was right about him being a homosexual, but Eddie was wrong, by this time Eddie feels that he has lost control and most of all has lost his name. Arthur Miller had tried to build tension up by doing this because the audience doesn’t know what is going to happen next.
Arthur Miller used this to get effects across to the audience so they would know about Eddie Liking Catherine but their again Catherine would not still know about this, and to know what is going to follow afterwards.
Marco is very responsible, focused and a very strong sort of guy during the book also has a sense of justice in him. Marco is a very aware if his obligation to Eddie and Eddie has always got full respect for Marco during the play. Marco hates Rodolpho when he is upsetting Eddie about Catherine. Marco turns and was very supportive of Rodolpho and loyal to him when Eddie hits him.
The themes of the family grow all through the play, it shows how the passion of all the family can really affect all of the family’s balance. The characters personality’s are really shows during the play, as both Eddie and Rodolpho have split personalities as Eddie has much more of a stronger personality and shows it. Rodolpho is sensitive and also shows it.
A view from a bridge was a Greek tragedy that gave me the impression that it was very dramatic as their was a lot of emotions running high, the impression that you get from it changing from one act to two is that it is continuous. The stage directions create dramatic effects as it shows in the body language used by the characters, expression and emotions in the play.
I have tried to answer the questions by putting why Arthur Miller has used things such as points he has tried to get across to the audience. I have tried to say whether Miller has prepared the audience for what is to come next or has he left questions in the audience’s heads what is going to happen next in the story. My personal view of the book is that it is very good book that is very good in showing the characters feelings.
