"A View From The Bridge" is a play that deals with complex human relationships - Write a detailed study of at least three of these relationships, making clear their dramatic function in the play.
"A View From The Bridge" is a play that deals with complex human relationships. Write a detailed study of at least three of these relationships, making clear their dramatic function in the play. In the play, "A View From The Bridge", we are faced with emotions that we have probably all felt or will feel during our lifetime. However, when these emotions are taken to extremes, it could lead to unimaginable consequences. Covered here are some of the more complex and intriguing relationships that shape the whole play, from beginning to end, from the innocent love of a young woman to the dark sinister workings of a mind driven beyond logic and reason. One of the most interesting and complicated relationships in the play is that of Eddie and Catherine. Catherine is Eddie's niece through marriage and has been cared and provided for by him ever since her mother died whilst she was still a baby; "with a sense of her childhood, her babyhood, and the years" and during that time, they have grown very close, Eddie treats her like his own daughter. He likes it when she greets him when he gets home, when she treats him like a father; "Eddie is pleased and therefore shy about it..." However, as revealed later the play, Catherine thinks of Eddie as more than an uncle or a father, she thinks of him almost as her husband; "If I was a wife I would... now I'm supposed to turn around a make
Choose a dramatic section of the play and analyse how Miller conveys this to the audience.
Choose a dramatic section of the play and analyse how Miller conveys this to the audience Perhaps one of the most dramatic sections in the play is the last one, where all the tension that has built up throughout the play is finally released in a terrible climax. So far in the story, Rodolpho (an illegal immigrant from Sicily, staying in Eddie's house) has taken Eddie's daughter, Catherine, from him (Eddie's view), and is going to marry her. Eddie is against this, as he thinks that Rodolpho isn't right, and just wants to marry her to become an American citizen (and also the feeling we have throughout the play that Eddie loves Catherine in more ways than just fatherly love). He has vented out his anger on Rodolpho physically, and, seeing that it didn't work, went against the rules of the neighbourhood, and phoned the immigration bureau to take him away. This has had two effects; firstly, to make Eddie totally alienated from the rest of the community, alone with no one to turn to (which, in a man like Eddie, could have disastrous effects), and secondly, make Marco (Rodolpho's immigrant brother, who's family is relying on his income to survive, and who is also being deported) want to kill him. The end section starts off in the reception room of a prison. In the scene are: Marco, Rodolpho, Catherine and Alfieri. Marco has been imprisoned, and
Eddie’s fate comes from a combination of his particular personality and the special community in which he lives. How far do you think Eddie’s fate is his own fault?
A View from the Bridge By Kate Graham Eddie's fate comes from a combination of his particular personality and the special community in which he lives. How far do you think Eddie's fate is his own fault? A View from the Bridge is a play that was written by Arthur Miller, an American playwright, who described its original American production as 'cold '. He blamed his writing for the problem, claiming that he was 'trying to avoid the emotional implications of the characters '. He rewrote the play for its London production and it is the rewritten version that we now study. To examine the case of Eddie Carbone, and to decide who is to blame for his unfortunate fate, we first have to investigate the community of Red Hook, and the Sicilian subculture therein. Migration to the USA, particularly in the early 20th century, was one of the largest movements of people in human history. Millions of Italians alone moved to America, mostly from Southern Italy and Sicily. They believed in the American Dream. The dream that they could come to America and start a new life. Only this dream soon became a nightmare. The Americans didn't trust the Italians, they thought they were all violent and dangerous, as a result, the Italian immigrants were treated very badly. They lived in the worst, most cramped area of New York, in very overcrowded apartments that often had a damp and smelly
How does Miller use Eddie to create dramatic tension for the audience in 'A View From A Bridge'?
English Coursework- How does Miller use Eddie to create dramatic tension for the audience in 'A View From A Bridge'? We could say that 'A View from a bridge,' is a tragedy for a number of reasons. Most importantly, if we compare the work of Arthur Miller to a Greek tragedy, we can immediately draw a parallel. In a Greek tragedy, the hero or protagonist always has a fatal flaw or harmatia in his character. This causes him to make a bad decision, or to commit an unnatural act, which then spirals into the characters peripeteia or eventual downfall. He must then learn his mistake, suffer for his unnatural act and (usually) die. Another important characteristic of a Greek tragedy is the chorus. Usually a single character takes this role and is used to summarize the play, introduce new characters, and explain any action taking place. The two important things that make the chorus speaker different from an ordinary character are that he can speak directly with the audience, but cannot intervene at any point in the play- a useful device for creating dramatic tension. The idea of a tragic protagonist is illustrated in 'A View from a bridge,' using Eddie Carbone, a typical 'Joe Bloggs' created by Miller to illustrate an ordinary person, or representative of a nation or class. Eddie is a very ordinary man, decent, hard working and charitable, a man no one could dislike. This
The Crucible is a Modern Tragedy.
The Crucible is a Modern Tragedy In the 1950's, Communism grew and tension began to increase between the United States and Communist countries such as Russia and China; in addition, Russia attained a nuclear weapon. Many Jews favored the Communist's beliefs and began supporting Communism. As a result, President Harry Truman created the "Truman Doctrine" declaring that members of the Communist party that were in the government must be fired from their jobs. Immediately following the "Truman Doctrine", the Senate passed a bill that allowed Communists to be thrown in jail and forced to give names of other members of the had no right to require anyone to be stronger than it had been given him to be. Arthur Miller became so enraged and furious that he just drove in his car for hours until he ended up in the courthouse where the Salem Witchcraft trials took place. He felt that the Salem Witchcraft Trials were similar to the McCarthy Hearings because of Mass Hysteria. He decided to write about the Salem Witchcraft Trials in order Communist party, and interrogation of the suspected Communists was called the "McCarthy Hearings". Arthur Millers friend Elia Kazan, suspected communist, was forced to give names and did. This crushed Arthur Miller because he felt it is "not his duty to be stronger than he was, the government to expose the truth of the McCarthy Hearings. Arthur Miller's The
What is the dramatic significance of the last scene of Act 1 of "A view from the Bridge?
Josh Bendon What is the dramatic significance of the last scene of Act 1 of "A view from the Bridge? "A view from the Bridge" was written and set in the mid 1950's. Arthur Miller (the author) in his biography "Time Bends" explains the idea of the play came from a story he had heard about a longshoreman, but until he visited Sicily a few years later, and saw for himself the poverty of the people he did not use this idea. The play was set in Red Hook, Alfieri in his opening speech described Red Hook a slum and he mentions "Al Capone, the greatest Carthaginian of all" and tells us (the audience) that "Frankie Yale was cut precisely in half by a machine gun on the corner of Union street" This is also showing us the type of violence and culture in this place. Work here has very little pay and the people, often newly arrived immigrants looking for better opportunities, are exploited by the bosses. Arthur Miller was very concerned to let his audiences know about the tough lives of these people. Alfieri, in his first speech aimed directly at the audience mentions "And now we are quite civilized, quite American. Now we settle for half, and I like it better. I no longer keep a pistol in my filing cabinet". He says this because in the twenties before this Red Hook was "The slum that faces the bay on the seaward side of Brooklyn Bridge." It was "The gullet of New York swallowing
A view form the bridge - Explore the Dramatic Devices and Structures Used In the Play To Highlight the Audience’S Understanding of the Tragic Character of
EXPLORE THE DRAMATIC DEVICES AND STRUCTURES USED IN THE PLAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE AUDIENCE'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRAGIC CHARACTER OF EDDIE CARBONE In this essay, I intend to explore how Miller structured the play, and the dramatic devices he employed in order to highlight the audience's understanding of Eddie Carbone. "A View from the Bridge" was originally written by Arthur Miller as a single act play and in verse. He later re-wrote the play in prose and divided it into two acts. Miller separates the scenes within the two acts by use of the lawyer, Alfieri, who plays a similar part to that of a Greek chorus. Indeed, Miller wrote the first version of the play in the form of a Greek tragedy. The play is about the life of a man called Eddie Carbone, who lives with his wife, Beatrice and niece whom he has raised as his own daughter. In Red Hook, the slums of Brooklyn, his life is normal until the arrival of Beatrice's two Italian cousins. They have come into America illegally to find work and money to send home. At first, the two immigrants are welcomes but as the play goes on, we see everything develop and change. The play is a roller coaster of emotions and there is a theme of "all actions have a consequence". Eddie's life will never be the same again and as the audience, we see this change progress. The title of the play "A View from the Bridge", can be viewed in many
In 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, ten teen-age girls claimed that Reverend Samuel Parris' slave, Tituba and two elderly women from the town a Salem had bewitched them.
In 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, ten teen-age girls claimed that Reverend Samuel Parris' slave, Tituba and two elderly women from the town a Salem had bewitched them. In four months hundreds of people were imprisoned, 19 of whom were hanged and one was pressed to death with rock, all due to witchcraft. Two hundred and sixty years later the people of the United States became frightened that communism would strike America as it had in countries such as China and the USSR. People who were suspected of communism were brought before inquiries that were televised and were asked to sign confessions, lead by McCarthy. Senator Joseph McCarthy was anti-communist supporter who lead investigations to seek out people who had left wing sympathies. He worked on the principle of guilty until proved innocent, the opposite of methods usually worked with in a fair court system. One of the ways to get out of it was to name others. Most of the people brought before inquiries were not communists, although they may have been slightly left wing. Although they were not executed, they were prevented from ever working again. Miller wrote the play in the 1950's in America whilst this was going on. The main people who were attacked by these activities were people who worked in mass media, such as Miller himself. Miller saw a similarity between the Salem Witch trials of 1692 and the un-American
How does Arthur Miller portray and link the themes of Manliness, Hostility and Aggression in 'A View From The Bridge'.
How does Arthur Miller portray and link the themes of Manliness, Hostility and Aggression in 'A View From The Bridge'. 'A View From The Bridge is a play written in 1955 by Arthur Miller, originally a one act play it was extended to a two act play to make it more human and sympathetic. The play is set in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a very poor area described by the plays narrator, Alfieri as 'The slum that faces the bay on the seaward side of the Brooklyn Bridge'. Roode Hoek is the original Dutch name given to the area, settlements can be traced all the way back to the 1600's when the Dutch began charting the Eastern seaboard. Historically, Red Hook has been known as a bustling waterfront community and to this day retains much of its working class values. 'A View From The Bridge' was inspired by a story Miller heard about a longshoremen who had ratted to the Immigration Bureau about two brothers, his own relatives, who were living in his very home, in order to break an engagement between one of them and his niece. Miller heard this story when he was working on the Brooklyn Shipyard whilst trying to make a name for himself as a journalist. Immigrants came over to try their luck in "Rich America" as Italy at the time was a very poor country; it had been in World War II and had originally fought alongside Nazi Germany. The economy was slow growing especially in the south which was less
"A View From the Bridge" - Show how Miller presents and develops the relationships between the main characters, increasing the dramatic tension to build up to an explosive and moving climax.
"A View From the Bridge" by Arthur Miller: Show how Miller presents and develops the relationships between the main characters, increasing the dramatic tension to build up to an explosive and moving climax. From the narratorial introduction made by the lawyer Alfieri our appetites are whetted by a mysterious "Bloody course" that is anticipated. Right from the beginning of the book there is dramatic tension that leaves the audience questioning what is going to happen, and what is the "Bloody course" implying? The first characters Miller presents to the audience are Catherine and Eddie Carbone. Eddie plays the part of a surrogate father to the young Catherine whose mother and father have passed away. Eddie plays a very important part in Catherine's life, as he is "responsible" for her because of the promise he made to her late mother on her deathbed; so they have quite a strong relationship whereby Catherine respects him and treats him like a father. At first we see Eddie to be quite an overprotective father who sees the naivety of Catherine and tries to explain to her the fact that she's, "Getting to be a big girl, you got to keep yourself more, can't be so friendly" Eddie still sees her as a "baby" and does not seem to be able to handle the fact that she is growing up and wants to be noticed by boys. Catherine's character is presented to the audience as happy and
