What makes "A View from the Bridge" 'good' theatre?

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A View from the Bridge

By Arthur Miller

What makes "A View from the Bridge" 'good' theatre?

I am going to write an essay on the play "A View from the Bridge" written by Arthur Miller, and I am going to analyse how Miller uses different techniques to create the many effects that make the play such good theatre. The script is based on longshoreman, Eddie Carbone who lives with his niece Catherine and his wife Beatrice. When Italian relatives of Beatrice come to stay with them, conflict occurs as Rodolpho and Catherine become romantically entwined with each other, their relationship eventually ending in marriage, but at the same time Eddie experiences incestuous feelings for her. Alfieri acts as a character (a lawyer), and a narrator - he helps us to understand the story.

One element that makes the play good theatre is its format because it has a lay out that is easily recognisable. Although it is essentially a modern American play, it is like a classic Greek Tragedy; a good man has a fatal flaw in his character and he is eventually brought down by this. Also there is a typical