Tension in a View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge
- Catherine and Eddie causing tension.
The play ‘A view from the bridge’ is by Arthur Miller. It is set in 1930s America, in an Italian American neighborhood near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. Miller creates dramatic tension via the use of the characters Eddie and Catherine and their relationship together.
Eddie and Beatrice are Catherine's Aunt and Uncle. Catherine is Beatrice's sister's daughter. Her parents have died so she now lives with them. Eddie and Catherine have a very close relationship and sometimes this can be a problem.
In the beginning we see Catherine telling Eddie she has got a job. This does obviously not please Eddie right from the start.
The first words of the narrator, Alfieri, make us think and almost expect there to be conflict during and throughout the play. "...heard the same complaint and sat there as powerless as I, and watched it run its bloody course." Alfieri's words defiantly make the audience think a feeling of expected tension and give us a sense of anxiety.
Eddie is very protective of Catherine and the thought of her going out to work upsets him. I think maybe Eddie is apprehensive of Catherine growing up, and doesn’t want to think she is old enough to look after herself. When Eddie finds out the location of Catherine's new job he is clearly put out. "Near the Navy Yard, plenty can happen in a block and a half..." He seems to not want to let her grow up and move on with her life. At 17 Catherine is not old enough to go out on her own according to Eddie. Eddie also seems to think Catherine's change in appearance is too grown up and at 17 a short skirt and high heels is a big thing. Just in these first few pages we already start to feel an atmosphere of tension and it seems to be mounting.
With the imminent arrival of the illegal immigrants – Marco and Rodolfo – there is defiantly tension building. We can see that Eddie is obviously very territorial about his home and Catherine!
I think
- Catherine and Eddie causing tension.
The play ‘A view from the bridge’ is by Arthur Miller. It is set in 1930s America, in an Italian American neighborhood near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. Miller creates dramatic tension via the use of the characters Eddie and Catherine and their relationship together.
Eddie and Beatrice are Catherine's Aunt and Uncle. Catherine is Beatrice's sister's daughter. Her parents have died so she now lives with them. Eddie and Catherine have a very close relationship and sometimes this can be a problem.
In the beginning we see Catherine telling Eddie she has got a job. This does obviously not please Eddie right from the start.
The first words of the narrator, Alfieri, make us think and almost expect there to be conflict during and throughout the play. "...heard the same complaint and sat there as powerless as I, and watched it run its bloody course." Alfieri's words defiantly make the audience think a feeling of expected tension and give us a sense of anxiety.
Eddie is very protective of Catherine and the thought of her going out to work upsets him. I think maybe Eddie is apprehensive of Catherine growing up, and doesn’t want to think she is old enough to look after herself. When Eddie finds out the location of Catherine's new job he is clearly put out. "Near the Navy Yard, plenty can happen in a block and a half..." He seems to not want to let her grow up and move on with her life. At 17 Catherine is not old enough to go out on her own according to Eddie. Eddie also seems to think Catherine's change in appearance is too grown up and at 17 a short skirt and high heels is a big thing. Just in these first few pages we already start to feel an atmosphere of tension and it seems to be mounting.
With the imminent arrival of the illegal immigrants – Marco and Rodolfo – there is defiantly tension building. We can see that Eddie is obviously very territorial about his home and Catherine!
I think