How far do you agree that Miller wants the
audience to blame Eddie for what happens
during the play?
Eddie Carbone, probably the most influential
character in the play, plays a very vital role in "A View
from the Bridge." A great deal of trouble and tension
occurs between the characters and in most cases this is
somehow connected to Eddie. In this essay, I aim to
describe what devices Miller uses to try to persuade the
audience to blame Eddie for everything that happens
in the play and what devices he uses to make us
understand Eddie. I will also say, if I think Eddie
really is to blame for all the incidents that occur in the
play, including his death, and why I think so.
At the beginning of the play, we are immediately aware
that there is a lively, intimate relationship between
Eddie and his wife's niece Catherine. There are no
barriers, as far as Catherine is concerned, and she is
quite happy to show off her clothes to her uncle.
"I just got it. You like it?"
Eddie is infatuated with her beauty, and because of
this he fears what other men will see. To him she
would no longer be his little girl but she would belong
to the world and to the men outside.
"Now don't aggravate me, Katie, you walkin'
Wavy! I don't like the looks their givin' you
In the candy store"
Catherine is unhappy when Eddie does not fully accept
the changes in her as she wants his good opinion.
Catherine is further unsettled when Eddie will not
accept her job.
"What job? She's gonna finish school"
His possessiveness is now more obvious than it was at
audience to blame Eddie for what happens
during the play?
Eddie Carbone, probably the most influential
character in the play, plays a very vital role in "A View
from the Bridge." A great deal of trouble and tension
occurs between the characters and in most cases this is
somehow connected to Eddie. In this essay, I aim to
describe what devices Miller uses to try to persuade the
audience to blame Eddie for everything that happens
in the play and what devices he uses to make us
understand Eddie. I will also say, if I think Eddie
really is to blame for all the incidents that occur in the
play, including his death, and why I think so.
At the beginning of the play, we are immediately aware
that there is a lively, intimate relationship between
Eddie and his wife's niece Catherine. There are no
barriers, as far as Catherine is concerned, and she is
quite happy to show off her clothes to her uncle.
"I just got it. You like it?"
Eddie is infatuated with her beauty, and because of
this he fears what other men will see. To him she
would no longer be his little girl but she would belong
to the world and to the men outside.
"Now don't aggravate me, Katie, you walkin'
Wavy! I don't like the looks their givin' you
In the candy store"
Catherine is unhappy when Eddie does not fully accept
the changes in her as she wants his good opinion.
Catherine is further unsettled when Eddie will not
accept her job.
"What job? She's gonna finish school"
His possessiveness is now more obvious than it was at