Explain how Miller builds suspense through the use of dramatic techniques in this scene?
“A View from the Bridge” is a play written by Arthur miller in 1950. It is set in the 1950s Brooklyn and is about the Carbine family, which consists of Eddie, his wife Beatrice and their niece Catherine. Eddie is the second generation of Italian immigrants in America who work as longshoremen. Beatrice is a loving caring person who treats her niece as if she was her own daughter. Catherine is the daughter of Beatrice’s deceased sister who lives with Eddie and Beatrice. She is energetic and cheerful but can be quite naïve at times. They live in a small two-bedroom tenement apartment. The bit of the house seen on the stage is the living room where most of the play is set. The house is very confined and claustrophobic. The setting of the stage plays a big effect on the audience because there are no intervals between scenes, which makes the play move faster. On the right side of the stage is Alfieri’s desk. Alfieri is a lawyer in the area and plays a big role in the play. He commentates in the first act and in the second part of the play he plays his character, during the play he is narrating Eddie tale. He plays a big part in the sense that he prepares us, the audience, for the tragic ending. The whole play is him telling the story in flashbacks-which makes the audiences trust him as he has already been through the situation. The view from the bridge is Alfieri’s views and how he wants us to see them.
The American Dream is the idea that many in the United States of America that had work, courage and determination one can achieve prosperity. These were values held by European settlers, and have been passed on through generations. The play is set in a red hook, slum area on the side of Brooklyn Bridge. The family’s life is turned upside down when two Italian immigrants, Marco and Rodolpho, enter their household. Before the Italians arrive there are many passages to highlight the presence of the American dream in this story. Eddie tries to calm down Beatrice as she
The American Dream is the idea that many in the United States of America that had work, courage and determination one can achieve prosperity. These were values held by European settlers, and have been passed on through generations. The play is set in a red hook, slum area on the side of Brooklyn Bridge. The family’s life is turned upside down when two Italian immigrants, Marco and Rodolpho, enter their household. Before the Italians arrive there are many passages to highlight the presence of the American dream in this story. Eddie tries to calm down Beatrice as she