Explore the way Arthur Miller writes about justice in a view from the bridge.Write about the characters search for justice and the feeling that the law is sometimes inadequate.Your answer must make direct reference to this as piece of drama

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View from the Bridge

Explore the way Arthur Miller writes about justice in a view from the bridge.

Write about the characters search for justice and the feeling that the law is sometimes inadequate.

Your answer must make direct reference to this as piece of drama performed to an audience.

In a view from the bridge Arthur Miller creates a scenario in which the efficiency of justice is questioned by the audience. Eddie Carbone believes justice has failed him when he wants to prevent his niece from marrying. Marco also has justice fail him when he wants revenge on Eddie when he informs the authorities about him being illegal in the country.

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In the opening scene of the play Alfieri begins by talking about his life and how the law operates in the area that he lives in “the slum that faces the bay on the seaward side of Brooklyn Bridge”. He also talks about how he came from Sicily a place where the law is not a good idea but now he lives in New York a place where justice is very important and a place that is civilized “I no longer keep a pistol in my filing cabinet”.

The next time Arthur Miller mentions justice is when Marco ...

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