English Literature GCSE A View From The Bridge Characters: Eddie Alfieri Catherine Beatrice Rodolfo Marco Themes Law and Justice Betrayal and Family Loyalty / Codes of Honour Womanhood Masculinity Eddie Carbone Beginning Meeting with Alfieri End of act 1 - teaches Rodolfo to fight‚ tension with Marco Kisses When he calls the Immigration Office End - death * ’It’s too short‚ ain’t it...you’re walkin’ wavy’ - First appears to be very protective of Catherine. Doesn’t
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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 the street. As he enters
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were 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
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a tragic drama piece‚ written by Arthur Miller and first published in 1955. Curtained by the never-ending dramatics of the play‚ is quite basically a fight for an unconditional love‚ portrayed by a man of whom perplexes his emotions like no other (Eddie Carbone). The play itself is set in the 1950’s; times when masculinity and dominance we’re vital for a man to obtain‚ and therefore prove to be key concepts during A View from the Bridge. Due to the constant battle to be the top of the hierarchy‚
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2. If Eddie had been the one identified by the shooting victim‚ I think he would have blamed his friend Marcus and tell the officers/police that Marcus was the person who pointed the gun at the innocent people because Eddie will tell them he is black and black people do these kinds of things like shooting‚ stabbing‚
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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 as Marco’s alpha male status
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for the rides at the Ruby Pier amusement park. One day a mechanical failure causes a fatal accident. Eddie rescues a young girl from her death but in the effort‚ he is killed. This is when the adventure begins. Eddie enters heaven and discovers it is not a garden but a place where he will meet five people whose lives intersected with his in some significant way on earth‚ some readily known to Eddie and some unknown to him. These five explain the meaning of Eddie’s life and the purpose of heaven.
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By: Mitch Albom Eddie - main character‚ old man‚ in his eighty’s ‚ works at Ruby’s Pier‚ fixing the rides‚ dies after a ride breaks and falls on top of him. Annie - minor character‚ girl whom Eddie saved from a falling cart. She lived after Eddie dies. The blue man - the first person Eddie meets in heaven. Eddie had killed this man earlier‚ not purposely. The man had too much chemicals in his vitamins growing up‚ so his skin turned blue. Ruby - the second person Eddie meets in heaven. The
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nature to do. It begins when Eddie and Beatrice give refuge to two Italian immigrants‚ whom are Beatrice’s cousins named Marco and Rodolfo. Once they arrive everybody’s feelings of lust‚ jealousy and anger begin to become stronger and stronger. But this still leaves the question open…Who or what is responsible for the final tragedy? Catherine joined the Carbone family when her mother died; they willingly took in and dedicated their life to take care of her. Eddie shows to be a caring and protective
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ordinary tragic hero( a tragic hero is a central character who is led by fate towards a destiny that cannot be escaped). The play features a lot of loss‚ sadness and a tragedy always ends with a death no matter what; in this play the central character is Eddie Carbone; he is the protagonist( tragic hero)‚ where then is bound to die. Alfieri is a lawyer in his late fifties turning gray; he is portly‚ good humoured and thoughtful. The play is opened with Alfieri’s law suite‚ who sets the scene. He tells
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