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    Is Eddie Carbone a tragic hero? Firstly‚ before the decision is made on whether Eddie Carbone is classed as a tragic hero‚ I would like to outline what a tragic hero really means. ’Tragic’- a tragedy is a type of drama‚ therefore in the context of tragedy‚ the word ’hero’ means the protagonist‚ someone who we may admire or respect in a way‚ but who is imperfect‚ and has a main flaw‚ which seems to contribute on his own downfall. A hero doesn’t necesserily have to be perfect. It is important that

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    Is Eddie a Tragic hero for our times? A tragic hero‚ referring to the real definition‚ is “a literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that‚ combined with fate and external forces‚ brings on a tragedy.” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tragic+hero) The play‚ A View from the Bridge written by Arthur Miller defines the character Eddie‚ the protagonist‚ as occupying most of the qualities for a tragic hero. Eddie in A View from the Bridge came from a noble family

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    judgement on the character and actions of Eddie Carbone? Target: use precise quotations and make use of redrafting time. Eddie Carbone is a complicated character‚ some say he is a villain due to the actions that he takes‚ others sympathise with him‚ saying that he is a victim. You can view him in different lights‚ although he acts‚ some may say‚ in a villainous manner‚ he is a victim of his feelings‚ confused and unsure of the right thing to do. Eddie has very strong feelings that he finds

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    The captivating play A View From the Bridge‚ by Arthur Miller‚ portrays Eddie as the modern tragic hero. Eddie is a longshoreman who lives with his wife Beatrice and his seventeen-year old niece Catherine. Catherine the niece of Eddie and Beatrice is a beautiful and smart young lady. Who seeks approval from her uncle and struggles when Eddie does not approve of Rodolpho‚ the man she intends to marry. Throughout the play‚ Catherine endures a great deal of emotional changes. Eddie walks by the men in

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    A tragic Figure of a View from the Bridge In his play A View from the Bridge‚ Arthur Miller tells the story of Eddie Carbone‚ an illiterate longshoreman‚ who has an incestuous love for his niece‚ which drives him to his own tragedy. The story is set in 1950s America‚ in an Italian American neighborhood near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. The play has the ingredients of a traditional Greek tragedy‚ complete with Alfieri‚ a narrator that fulfills the same purpose as Sophocles’s chorus from his plays

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    A View from the bridge Characterisation: Eddie Carbone Explore the ways a central character is presented in the drama text. Use examples from the text in your response. Eddie Carbone‚ a 40 year old Italian American Citizen from Sicily‚ is the tragic protagonist of A view from the Bridge by Arthur Miller. Alfieri‚ the chorus in the story‚ first introduces Eddie as a good‚ hard working man who does normal things like raising a family‚ eating‚ getting old‚ etc. However as Alfieri states‚ no one

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    In writing ‘A View from the Bridge’‚ Arthur Miller wanted to create a modern Greek tragedy. An Ancient Greek tragedy was a play where fate brings about the downfall of the characters involved. It has many other generic features which Miller has incorporated into his modern version. The character of Alfieri is used in the traditional chorus role‚ and Eddie is often likened to a tragic hero‚ the main character who contributes to their own downfall through a flawed personality‚ typically described

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    “A View From the Bridge” is written by Arthur Miller who was born in New York to a Jewish family. Miller worked in the Brooklyn shipyards for two years‚ where he befriended the Italians he worked alongside. He heard a story of some men coming over to work illegally and being betrayed. The story inspired ‘A View from the Bridge‘‚ which was written in 1950s but set in late 1940s. The play is set in Red Hook‚ New York‚ Alfieri quotes “The slum that faces the bay on the seaward side of Brooklyn Bridge…the

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    discuss the extent to which it contributes to your appreciation of theme and/or character in the play as a whole. “A View From The Bridge” by Arthur Miller is a play in which a power struggle is central to the action. The protagonist‚ Eddie Carbone struggles to keep his late sister in laws daughter‚ Catherine from marrying his wife’s illegally immigrated cousin‚ Rodolpho. Eddie also has a power struggle with his conscience about his inappropriate love for Catherine and his inability to tell anyone

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    play‚ ‘A View from a Bridge’‚ by Author Miller has the theme of a Modern Greek tragedy. A Greek tragedy is a play where fate runs it’s ‘bloody course’‚ which will lead to the tragic hero’s downfall. A tragic hero is usually a character of noble stature. Just like all people‚ tragic heroes aren’t perfect but what separates them from the others is that they have a hamartia‚ a tragic flaw. This flaw will be the cause of the downfall for the tragic hero. Eddie Carbone is somewhat a tragic hero. He doesn’t

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