A View from the Bridge. This essay will explain and analyse how each individual main character talks in the play A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller.

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Character Speech Analysis: A View from the Bridge

By Daniel Goode

This essay will explain and analyse how each individual main character talks in the play 'A View from the Bridge' by Arthur Miller. It will cover the way in which the character's speech, including his or her mannerisms and accent, are affected. Examples are: their personality; the current and previous circumstances and surroundings; class; gender, and social position. It will also aim to provide important quotes made during the story, why and how they were given, and what the effects of these were. This essay will analyse the characters in Act I of the revised and extended play from 1956.

The play is set in 1950s America, in an Italian neighbourhood (Redhook) near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.

Eddie

Eddie is a fairly outgoing, friendly 40-year old man of average intelligence. He is the 'head of the household' and therefore is probably the most powerful member of the social scene. However, he attempts to control every important thing that goes on in the house and outside, especially when it comes to Catherine, his 17-year old daughter; as Alfieri quickly grasps, Eddie