View from the Bridge Topic: Discuss the theme of betrayal in “A View from the Bridge” The book‚ “A View from the Bridge”‚ by Arthur Miller has a lot of betrayal in it and this is what I will be discussing in this paper. In this story‚ Rodolfo wants to marry Catherine but the only man that stands in his way is Marco. Marco this Radolfo is gay because he can bake and do stuff a woman does.Also to talk about the way Edie betrays his wife‚ Beatrice and this was because of Catherine too. At
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beliefs‚ Beginning * “My brother. Rodolfo (Rodolfo nods. Marco comes with a certain formal stiffness to Eddie) I want to tell you now‚ Eddie – when you say go‚ we will go” – They have respect to Eddie and the “formal stiffness” that Marco has shows his respect‚ Eddie is in a position of power. Story progresses * “Unconsciously twisting the newspaper into a tight roll… it suddenly tears in two” – As the story progresses‚ tensions are built between Rodolfo/Catherine/Eddie and eddie is beginning
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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
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everyday duty. But evidently shown the pressure of family loyalty can push you to do things that might not be in your 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
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How does Arthur Miller create tension and suspense‚ building to a climax at the end of Act I? In Act I‚ trouble was already starting to brew as soon as the illegal immigrants Marco and Rodolfo got into the country. Eddie’s dislike of Rodolfo triggered several other problems which finally led to Marco threatening Eddie at the end of the play. Arthur Miller uses several techniques such as dramatic dialogue‚ foreshadowing and paralanguage to gradually increase the suspense and tension until finally
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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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the play. 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‚ whereas he is When Marco first arrived‚ he thought that Eddie was a kind‚ friendly man and so he had his trust in him. As the play develops‚ Rodolfo becomes closer to Catherine and Eddie’s jealousy of Rodolfo‚ being so close to Catherine‚ increases. His
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needs to protect her from the outside world. He is at conflict with himself as he feels responsible for Catherine but also knows that he needs to let her go. He is also jealous and disgusted by Rodolfo. When Eddie kisses Rodolfo‚ he implied that Rodolfo was “queer”. This was a desperate act to get rid of Rodolfo and therefore keep Catherine close to home. Eddie has mixed feelings about this because he wants Catherine to stay at home but also he wants to keep his name in the community. Eddie also has
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Explore how the relationship between Catherine and Eddie changes over the course of the play. At the start of the play we can see that Catherine is obedient and submissive to Eddie‚ this is demonstrated by stage directions such as ‘she turns to him’ and ‘she gets a cigar for him’. However at this point Beatrice is in opposition to him over Catherine taking the job at the plumbing company. So Catherine at this point is the one who is taking care of Eddie it seems‚ and by showing this Miller raises
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tension between the characters. This scene shows Marco’s true feelings towards Eddie. Marco obviously didn’t like the way Eddie was acting towards his brother Rodolfo. This scene reveals more hatred and becomes clearer that Eddie dislikes Rodolfo. Although Marco has been acting good towards Eddie‚ he still kept that loyalty towards his brother Rodolfo. The first act of ‘a view from the bridge’ finishes on a cliff-hanger. In this part of the scene the tension breaks bit still makes the audience stay
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