Analysing A Scene from the play ‘A View from the Bridge’ Showing the Play Writes Skills as A Dramatist

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Analysing A Scene from the play ‘A View from the Bridge’ Showing the  P                     Play Writes Skills  as A Dramatist

The paly which I analysis is by Arthur miller called “a view from the bridge”. In this play I analysed a scene which is the chair incident. In this essay I will be writing about what lead up to the chair incident. I will be also analysing the skill that Arthur Miller uses and write down its function.

This play is set in America in 1960s. This play is about the Carbone family who brings two brothers who are Italian immigrants. There are six main characters, Eddie who is married to Beatrice, Catherine who is Eddies nice. The layer is Alfiera. The two immigrants are Marco and Rodolfo.

At this time Italy was very poor and it was illegal for immigrants to come in America. Eddie helps his Italian cousins Marco and Rodolfo by smuggling them to America so they can provide for their family. When they by a ship they get jobs as longshoremen. Marco has a wife and two children and Rodolfo is single.

The events which led up to the chair incident is the boxing incident. This is where Eddie decides to teach Rodolfo boxing for self defence as he is to vulnerable. For example he says “I’ll teach you” to Rodolfo. This incident suggests that Eddie is trying to embarrass Rodolfo in front Catherine. This will make Catherine think that Rodolfo is nothing but a man mouse and Eddie is a man. Marco reacts to this by “rising” from his chair. This gives the audience the impression that Marco is going to do something to get his vengeance this builds up tension between Marco and Eddie as Marco is very protective over his brother Rodolfo. This leaves the audience feeling overwrought as they are wondering how Marco is going to get his vengeance.

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In the chair incident Marco gets his revenge for his brother. Firstly the atmosphere is tranquil; this is where Rodolfo and Catherine dance together. For example in directors notes is says “he took her hand; they go to the phonograph and start it.

This is when Marco decides to teach Eddie a lesson. Marco says “can you lift this chair”. Eddie thinks this is just a game but he doesn’t know what Marco’s ingenious plan is as he says “what do you mean” the gives us the impression that Eddie hasn’t got a clue of what Marco is ...

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