From his narration, it seems that Alfieri has decided to tell the story for his own reasons as much as anyone else's. He does not find a conclusion after telling the Carbone story, but tells it, however, and he speaks and discloses his honest view of the facts. He is cast as the choir part in Eddie's disaster. Alfieri informs the viewers and provides explanation on what is happening in the story. The account of the people within the play and narration at the beginning of every scene change helps to differentiate the short chapters of the tale. Alfieri is fairly unimportant in the action of the play in general, but more significantly frames the play as a form of a modern fairy tale. Alfieri admittedly cannot help Eddie Carbone, but must weakly watches the tragic events unfold before him. There is no false impression of realism, Alfieri intentionally breaks the fourth wall and talks to the audience during the rebuilding of the story. Alfieri is in many ways like Arthur Miller, when he first heard the tale of the Longshoreman. He is the teller of and incredible story that he cannot change.
is the tragic character of The View from the Bridge. He is constantly self-interested, wanting to encourage and defend his innocence. Eddie creates a imaginary daydream world where his ridiculous choicees make sense—where calling the Immigration Bureau in the middle of an Italian that prides itself on protecting illegal immigrants has no consequences. In Eddie's world, he imagines protecting from marriage or any male relationship and wants her for himself. While Eddie wavers and controls between shared and state laws and cultures, his motivations do not change. Eddie continually looks out for himself at the cost of others and is ruled by personal love and guilt.
There are several moments in the text where the audience is given clues that Eddie's love for Catherine may not be normal. For example, when Catherine lights Eddie's cigar in the living room, it is an event that gives Eddie strange enjoyment. This perhaps, warm and loving act between niece and uncle has phallic proposals. Depending on understanding by the actors, this moment many have more or less sexual hints. Eddie's great attention to his attractive niece and powerlessness in his own relationship immediately makes this meaning clear. Although Eddie seems not capable to understand his feelings for his niece until the end of the play, other characters are conscious. is the first to express this option in her chat with Catherine. also realises Eddie's feelings during his first conversation with Eddie. Eddie does not understand his feelings until Beatrice clearly eloquences his needs in the conclusion of the play,
"You want somethin' else, Eddie, and you can never have her!"
Eddie does not realise his feeling for Catherine because he has built an imaginary world where he can hold back his advise. This ‘suppression’ is what destroys Eddie.
In conclusion, Eddie and Alfieri, are main characters in the play a view from the bridge, for various different reasons.
