is a pay which presents Eddie Carbone as a tragic hero. Eddie’s tragic flaw is either denial or‚ to begin with‚ the feelings he had towards Catherine. The damage caused by a tragic hero’s downfall usually hurts more than just him; his community and family often suffer‚ too. Once again Eddie’s betrayal does both of these things. Another important aspect of a tragic hero is that his own actions are the cause of his demise. In the opening scene of the play‚ it shows Eddie with Beatrice and Catherine
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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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his niece Catherine cause a wider conflict within his family. Paragraph 1 Topic sentence - From the beginning of the play Eddie is dealing with an inner turmoil caused by the ambiguity of his feelings for Catherine. Discussion of text • Set the scene of seeming domestic harmony • Family scene between Catherine‚ Beatrice and Eddie • Eddie returning from work Quote and Analysis - Miller uses stage direction to subvert the seemingly domestic harmony. Eddie’s reaction
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the play because he is known as a good lawyer‚ a good friend to Eddie Carbone (a longshoreman) and surprisingly he is also the narrator. Alfieri is obviously the most significant character in the play. Alfieri as a character is known as a well respected lawyer and a close friend to Eddie. Throughout all the play Alfieri is helping Eddie with all his problems. "I know it Mr Alfieri‚ the guy ain’t right". Alfieri does not only help Eddie‚ he also helps his niece‚ Catherine. Catherine has strangely
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restricting and dominant patriarchal figure‚ which is a culturally defined character. The ideas of honour portrayed in the play are varied according to the background culture of the characters. Eddie believes in getting ‘his name’ back‚ after Marco accuses him of betrayal. This portrays the social pressure upon Eddie‚ for he is mortified that the neighbourhood thinks him a traitor. Marco himself is offended by Eddie’s decision to deceive the brothers‚ and so humiliates him. There are certain clashes between
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allowed to speak more - thus becoming more human and more sympathetic. While we may not identify with the Eddie Carbone of the final version‚ we are better able to understand what motivates him and therefore to sympathize with his basic dilemma: how to "let go" of the niece he has raised and loved as a daughter. As Miller writes in his introduction to the published revision‚ "Eddie Carbone is still not a man to weep over...But it is more possible now to relate his actions to our own and thus to
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Understanding Poems‚ Prose and Plays: TMA02 Analyse a passage from A View from A Bridge that runs from “Eddie‚ moving up steps into doorway: Well‚ I’ll see ya‚ fellas” on page 5 to “Beatrice – her hands clasp at her breast; she seems half in fear‚ half in unutterable joy: They’re alright?” on page 8 of your edition of the play. The extract took place in the beginning of the play in the first act before the arrival of Beatrice’s cousins. In this part of the development of the play‚ we are about
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In “A View From The Bridge” by Arthur Miller I believe that Eddie is the character who changes most in the course of the play. I will show this by talking about his role in the drama‚ the dramatic devices and use of language by Miller as well as the background and social context of the play. Eddie’s role in the play is the most vital one; he is by far the most important character in the play. It is‚ after all‚ his inability to deal with his emotions that triggers most of the story and the tragedy
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Arthur Miller uses the role of Alfieri in his play ‘A View from the Bridge’‚ as a character who represents the law‚ but more importantly as a prophet and narrator. Alfieri’s role as a lawyer connects to the events leading to the destruction of Eddie Carbone‚ We also trust a lawyer to be a good judge of character and rational‚ because he is professionally detached. Although his profession is an important addition to his character‚ his role as prophet and narrator trumps his profession. Miller uses
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New York. The play is based around Eddie Carbone who is a rough‚ simple man who works as a longshoreman. Eddie throughout the play slowly becomes more and more obsessed with his niece Catherine which eventually leads to his downfall. Throughout this essay I shall explore the ways in which Aurthur shows signs of Eddie’s instability I shall then discuss the reasons for Eddie’s instability and how they add to my understanding of the play. When we first meet Eddie we are quickly shown how he is a simple
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