Hook is a slum area inhibited mainly by Italian immigrants. The play revolves around the Carbone family who are also Italian Immigrants called Eddie and Beatrice; a married couple with their niece Catherine. The family smuggle in two relatives into their home by the names of Marco and Rodolfo; during the play Rodolfo becomes friendly with Catherine. The idea of Rodolfo and Catherine as a couple torments Eddie‚ Eddie’s torment is made clear to us through Alfieri. Alfieri is considered as the mouth
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us about the Carbone family‚ an American family consisting of a couple – Eddie and Beatrice and her sister’s orphaned daughter; Catherine. Having raised Catherine since she was a small girl‚ Eddie is extremely possessive and controlling of her‚ which we come to see more and more as the play progresses. When Beatrice’s cousins Marco and Rodolfo come to stay with the family illegally‚ to try and get work and a sufficient amount of money to send back home to Italy‚ tensions rises as Eddie feels threatened
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The main character in the story is Eddie Carbone‚ an Italian American longshoreman‚ who lives with his wife‚ Beatrice and his orphaned niece‚ Catherine. They live in an insular‚ self-ruled neighborhood known as a polis. As the play begins‚ Eddie is protective and kind toward Catherine‚ although his feelings grow into something more than avuncular as the play develops. His attachment to her is brought into perspective by the arrival from Italy of Beatrice’s two cousins‚ Marco and Rodolpho. They have
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more with them. In Arthur Miller’s play ‘A View from the Bridge’ we see that his main character‚ is Eddie Carbone. Eddie is an average man who is in the working class. His job is longshoreman in the dock from Brooklyn Bridge. We can believe that his biggest fatal flaw was that he cared too much for Catherine and by caring too much for her he ended up dying. The other flaws Arthur Miller gave Eddie was that he was too jealous of Rodolpho‚ and he was too proud to forgive Marco when Rodolpho apologized
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How does Miller create tension in Act 1? Miller creates tension in Act 1 of A View from the Bridge using several techniques. A View from the Bridge is set in Red Hook‚ in Brooklyn‚ which was a poverty-stricken slum. Also‚ Eddie Carbone is a longshoreman‚ and longshoremen were not well paid. The fact that poverty in this area is so large creates tension and from the beginning of the play we feel this tension. Alfieri is the first character we are introduced to in this play. Alfieri’s speech at the
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How does Arthur Miller use dramatic devises To portray the character Eddie in A View from the Bridge? Dramatic devices are an element of a play used to build a better understanding of the character. Dramatic devices come into play better when performed rather than read. Arthur Miller uses various dramatic devices to portray the character of Eddie‚ and let the reader or audience think about how Eddie is thinking. This essay will look at the different dramatic devices used. The most used
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In the play‚ Marco is very important. After all‚ he was the one person who killed Eddie Carbone which is the main event in the play. When Marco comes into the play for the first time‚ he is proven to be the most mature brother who has a quality life worth living. "What can I do? The older one is sick in chest. My wife - she feeds them from her own mouth. I tell you the truth; if I stay there they will never grow up. They eat the sunshine." Having children‚ Marco might feel they are a motivation
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gold. Catherine has just been offered a job as a stenographer at a plumbing company. Eddie‚ overprotective father figures‚ is hesitant to let her take it‚ even though it won’t interfere with her school. Eventually he agrees and gives the OK. We also learn that Beatrice has a couple of cousins who will soon arrive from Sicily‚ Italy. They’re being getting into the country illegally. They plan to live with the Carbones while working on the
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“A view from the bridge” by Arthur Miller centers on the Carbone family that lives in New York city. The play focuses on the arrival of the two “submarines.”‚ Marco and Rodolpho. This arrival causes some family disputes that ultimately lead to Eddie’s tragic death at the end of the play. In the play the central themes are: betrayal‚ pride‚ reputation and obsession. Miller also uses foreshadowing to tell the readers Eddie´s destiny. Eddie has maintained his family through life and this fact has
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talking directly to the audience he gives an insight to the other characters from his view‚ ‘This ones name was Eddie Carbone‚ a longshoreman…’ ultimately allowing the audience to gain a quicker view of the characters. Throughout the play the audience can see that Alfieri does not want anything from anyone else in the story‚ only getting involved to help and give advice to those such as Eddie and Marco. This is showing the importance of being a detached observer but also part of the community. The details
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