A View from the Bridge

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Summary: A fantastic insight into italian-american culture
Review: A awe-inspiring view of Brooklyn in the 1950's. The storyline was very believable as it displayed the passion and anger of Sicilian society. Marco's honesty and physical strength against the insanity and perverted thoughts of Eddie towards Catherine, was the perfect ending to a intricate struggle of loyalty versus human integrity.

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Summary: One of Arthur Miller's greatest plays
Review: A View From the Bridge is a compelling and exciting drama that delves into such issues as incest, manliness and justice. It's the story of Eddie, an illiterate longshoreman, and his anger towards his niece's affection for an illegal immigrant staying in his house. The complicated relationships between these and many other characters in the play makes A View From the Bridge a truly great piece of theatre. The play has the ingredients of a traditional Greek tragedy, complete with Alfieri, a narrator that fulfils the same purpose as Sophocles's chorus from his plays about Oedipus and Antigone. It's a really good read and unravels like a great page-turner.

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Summary: Miller certainly has an ability to mold strong characters!
Review: A View From The Bridge is another classic example of Millers fine talent. Once again, he has taken a small class of people and created a literary/theatrical masterpiece. Each of his characters develop into strong individuals. It it because of his characters individuality that conflict and tension mounts. The relationships between the characters are tested and some form of problem occurs to highten the plot. Miller has an extroidinary, unique style. It reaches in and grabs the heart of the reader and connotates a kaliedascope of emotions.

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Summary: Classic example of tragic life
Review: Essay: "A view from the bridge" by Arthur Miller.

In literature, as in life, characters often make decisions, than negatively effect the rest of their life. Let's take as example a play "A view from the bridge" by Arthur Miller. The man cannot change his fate. The man cannot raid against fate. I think that is idea of this play. That's why it useless to talk about decisions, that effect (negatively or not) of life. The main tragedy in the play began not when Rodolpho and Marco came to Eddies house, it began when Eddie decided to "keep" Catherine for him. But, as I think, there was no tragedy if there were no Beatrice. She decided to loose everything. She loved Eddie, and she decided to separate Eddie and Catherine any way, so, to save Eddie for her. She cannot imagine, that it could turn into tragedy. I'm sure, that she loved Catherine, not more, not less than Eddie, and she understand, that Catherine's love want only papers, but her love for herself, her pride, won. She loved herself and Eddie more than Catherine, so, her advice to 18 years old girl was to stay with Rodolpho. What comes next? Eddie do not want Catherine to be with rodolpho. But Catherine loves him and, of course, she will not listen to Eddie, who wants for her only best, she listen to Beatrice. Beatrice thought, if Catherine will be with Rodolpho, Eddie came back to her, but he does not want to leave Catherine with Rodolpho. Later, when Catherine said "In the garbage he belongs" [to Eddie], Beatrice said "Then we all belong in the garbage, you and me too. ...We all done it". She has no pride to say "I belong", she said "You and me too", "We all done it". Who "we all" ? Eddie - he just wanted to defend Catherine. Catherine - she is young girl, and she cannot understand so serious problems in her age, she should, but don't forget, that she was raised without parents by man, who loved her. Rodolpho - he needs only passport, nothing else. Beatrice - she needs Eddie, she wants Eddie to leave Catherine, she needs Rodolpho to be with her. But why I said that it's useless to talk about decisions, that effect of life? What alternatives does Beatrice had? No alternatives. She'd lost Eddie in any way. Let's try to change the way of the story. Beatrice wanted to save Eddie for her marrying Catherine and Rodolpho. But, if her advises were like Eddies, and Catherine gone from Rodolpho, Eddie will with Catherine. she'd lost Eddie in any way. Even if Catherine married Rodolpho, Eddie will never return to her. So, she'd lost Eddie in any way. And at the end of the play, we understand that Eddie loved Beatrice. Before he died, he said: "My B!". The life is strange thing. We want to change it, but it's very hard. We always want to make something better (it depends only on our character, for whom we want to make better), but it always turns to "As usual". People are not so smart to change their life, their fate. And this play is just an example.

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Summary: Classic example of tragic life
Review: Essay: "A view from the bridge" by Arthur Miller.

In literature, as in life, characters often make decisions, than negatively effect the rest of their life. Let's take as example a play "A view from the bridge" by Arthur Miller. The man cannot change his fate. The man cannot raid against fate. I think that is idea of this play. That's why it useless to talk about decisions, that effect (negatively or not) of life. The main tragedy in the play began not when Rodolpho and Marco came to Eddies house, it began when Eddie decided to "keep" Catherine for him. But, as I think, there was no tragedy if there were no Beatrice. She decided to loose everything. She loved Eddie, and she decided to separate Eddie and Catherine any way, so, to save Eddie for her. She cannot imagine, that it could turn into tragedy. I'm sure, that she loved Catherine, not more, not less than Eddie, and she understand, that Catherine's love want only papers, but her love for herself, her pride, won. She loved herself and Eddie more than Catherine, so, her advice to 18 years old girl was to stay with Rodolpho. What comes next? Eddie do not want Catherine to be with rodolpho. But Catherine loves him and, of course, she will not listen to Eddie, who wants for her only best, she listen to Beatrice. Beatrice thought, if Catherine will be with Rodolpho, Eddie came back to her, but he does not want to leave Catherine with Rodolpho. Later, when Catherine said "In the garbage he belongs" [to Eddie], Beatrice said "Then we all belong in the garbage, you and me too. ...We all done it". She has no pride to say "I belong", she said "You and me too", "We all done it". Who "we all" ? Eddie - he just wanted to defend Catherine. Catherine - she is young girl, and she cannot understand so serious problems in her age, she should, but don't forget, that she was raised without parents by man, who loved her. Rodolpho - he needs only passport, nothing else. Beatrice - she needs Eddie, she wants Eddie to leave Catherine, she needs Rodolpho to be with her. But why I said that it's useless to talk about decisions, that effect of life? What alternatives does Beatrice had? No alternatives. She'd lost Eddie in any way. Let's try to change the way of the story. Beatrice wanted to save Eddie for her marrying Catherine and Rodolpho. But, if her advises were like Eddies, and Catherine gone from Rodolpho, Eddie will with Catherine. she'd lost Eddie in any way. Even if Catherine married Rodolpho, Eddie will never return to her. So, she'd lost Eddie in any way. And at the end of the play, we understand that Eddie loved Beatrice. Before he died, he said: "My B!". The life is strange thing. We want to change it, but it's very hard. We always want to make something better (it depends only on our character, for whom we want to make better), but it always turns to "As usual". People are not so smart to change their life, their fate. And this play is just an example.

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Summary: A True Tragedy
Review: I have loved A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE since the first time I read it, three years ago. It is a tautly-written, exciting drama in which one can practically see the tragic end coming, "step by step, like a dark figure walking down a hall toward a certain door" (in the words of Alfieri, the lawyer in the play). But as well as the play "reads," it is absolutely ELECTRIFYING when seen on stage -- as I found out just yesterday, when I saw a production of it. The actor who played Eddie Carbone, the protagonist, made the character very sympathetic; as a result, the play's ending was truly tragic. Read A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, but also try to see a production of it, if you possibly can. I will admit, though, that it is not performed that often -- not nearly as often as it deserves to be.

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Summary: A True Tragedy
Review: I have loved A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE since the first time I read it, three years ago. It is a tautly-written, exciting drama in which one can practically see the tragic end coming, "step by step, like a dark figure walking down a hall toward a certain door" (in the words of Alfieri, the lawyer in the play). But as well as the play "reads," it is absolutely ELECTRIFYING when seen on stage -- as I found out just yesterday, when I saw a production of it. The actor who played Eddie Carbone, the protagonist, made the character very sympathetic; as a result, the play's ending was truly tragic. Read A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, but also try to see a production of it, if you possibly can. I will admit, though, that it is not performed that often -- not nearly as often as it deserves to be.

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Summary: Compelling
Review: I think this book is a great example of a book out to really make you think about it. If you study the book it can meen so many different things and be portraid in so many different ways. A quite outstanding and well thought play

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Summary: Very stimulating
Review: I thought this book was very good and that it explains to people what life was like in thoose days

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Summary: This book stuck me as original and superb
Review: I'm currently reading this book and already find the tale enchanting. Its twisted in a good way. Arthur Miller portrayed Eddie as a good hard working 'longshoreman' but just someone who's love grew too much up to a point where he felt something else