A view from the bridge - Setting.
The play "A view from the bridge" is set in the1950's, a tragedy about the lives of some Italian immigrants, whose paths cross, ending in death, separation and tragedy. The play is full of important events, and places, and it is its places we are looking at. Places are used by the author, Arthur Miller, to symbolize, represent, and portray a range of views, people, and actions. Certain places, like Italy, are mentioned lots, but no scenes themselves take place there. None the less, it is an important place in the play.
Eddie and Beatrice's (Two main characters) appartment though, features heavily as a place where things take place, mainly conversations not actions, and is just as important
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Most of the characters are of Italian descent, and Italian theories of justice are strong in several characters, particularly in Marco and Eddie. You see this in Marco when he meets Alferi at the Jail. He says things like
"The law? All the law is not in a book." And "In my country he would be dead now." This shows he believes in justice beyond the law, and in inflicting his own punishment. The idea of justice in the play is very
Italian, which is possibly why the two woman, neither being Italian, don't approve. Marco would rather Eddie be dead, and believes he would be dead if it was in Italy, rather than he go free, as legally he did nothing wrong. The same holds true for Eddie over Catherine and
Rodolfo. Rodolfo is legally doing nothing wrong with Catherine, but
Eddie thinks he is, and wants his own justice.
The Italian idea of justice, separate entirely from the American legal system, is highly important in this play, and therefore Italy is extremely relevant. It also serves as a background, an unseen importance. Red hook is a district of New York. The whole play is set there, or rather small parts of it. Red hook is just as much part of the play as
Italy is. Although it is set there, Red hook is much more part of the play when characters mention parts of it in a similar way to Italy.
Mentioning names and places, in the case of both Red Hook and Italy, create a "context" for their actions. This means that there actions can be looked
What I feel is one of the most important aspects of the play is the
central to the play. I am going to look at only the first act of the
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W- The story is set in the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid 1950s.
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About Laws he says, "You delight in laying down laws, Yet you delight more in
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