Analysis Of A View From A Bridge

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A view from a bridge is a play set in the early 50’s in New York near the Brooklyn Bridge. It’s a dramatic tragedy and it is here we’re introduced to Eddie Carbone and his niece, Catherine. In the play the audience is able to observe their relationship and watch it change. Towards the start we perceive a normal fatherly-daughterly relationship, where occasionally we may think Eddie is slightly over protective but at this point there is nothing abnormal about it. But as the play progresses we begin to see a different side to Eddie and also a different perspective of his obsessive feelings for Catherine. The feelings Eddie portrays for Catherine are clearly deeper than a parental like love and when it becomes apparent Eddie does have romantic feelings for Catherine, he has great difficulty hiding them even though he is unable to acknowledge what they are. This sets the (as Alfieri …show more content…

By this she means it’s too late for Eddie’s life to be saved. It also shows Beatrice has stood up for all the abuse she’s had to put up with, she herself finally realises this can only end in tragedy therefore hinting the events that occur at the end of the play. It is a clever statement used by Miller as it gives the audience many interpretations of one small sentence. Eddie is also possessed by his feelings at this point, ‘his eyes were like tunnels’. Alfieri says this; it’s an example of a metaphor. This shows that Eddie is focused on Catherine and Rodolpho and that there’ no longer any light in his eyes as if his fate is now certain. This emphasizes the theme of fate and that we already know what is going to happen. We also again see Beatrice doing the right thing and sticking up for Catherine when she says, ‘Look I’m sick and tired of it. I’m sick and tired of it’. She sticks up for Catherine because Eddie is controlling Catherine’s

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