A View from the Bridge is written by Arthur Miller. Miller became interested in the work and life of the communities of dockworkers and longshoremen in New York's Brooklyn Harbor, and where he had previously worked. In 1947 he was told an interesting story about another longshoreman in the area who had snitched on his own relatives to the Immigration Bureau. The longshoreman was attempting to prevent a marriage between one of the brothers and his niece. Eight years later, in 1955, A View from the Bridge was produced, based on the story of the longshoreman himself. Miller intended the play to be a Greek tragedy. The comedy tells the story of Eddie Carbone, a longshoreman from Brooklyn who works in the New York Harbor. His wife, Beatrice's cousins seek refuge as illegal immigrants from Italy. Problems begin when his niece, Catherine, becomes attracted to the younger of the two immigrants, Rodolfo and Eddie's desires for their niece driving him to his own destruction. The play is set in New York in the 1950s in a community of Italian immigrants. This essay will explore the different meanings of the title and how it is significant. The bridge is a metaphor. A bridge connects two places together but keeps them apart. It shows you a view from where you are, you can see in front of you and behind you. It is the New York bridge that connects Manhattan and Brooklyn, two different communities connected but kept separate. The characters: Eddie, Catherine, Beatrice, Marco, Rodolfo and Alfieri create bridges or connections between the other characters. Catherine is trying to build bridges; its growth is also a bridge. For example, the audience sees Catherine cross the bridge from girl to woman. This is demonstrated by... the center of the sheet... the Greeks were defeated" and "Justice is very important here". In conclusion, the effective title of the play "A View from the Bridge' is significant as it offers different points of view to people, as if the characters went up onto the bridge. I believe the main reason the work was titled "A View from the Bridge" is the obvious metaphor for Arthur Miller's perspective. The show shows us the Italian and American lifestyle and a bridge between the characters. Alfieri is in many ways like Arthur Miller, when he first heard the story of the longshoreman, he is the narrator of an incredible story that cannot change. Arthur Miller demonstrates the life and corruption on the docks and streets of the Italian-American community. The area can be seen from the bridge and, as the title "a" says, it is as if Arthur Miller showed his objective vision and perspective of the work.
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