Arthur Millers A View From the Bridge Essay -- Arthur Miller View Bri

Arthur Millers A View From the BridgeManliness, Hostility and Aggression are whole big in A view fromthe bridge where Eddie Carbone lands the main character he is alongshoreman working on the Brooklyn docks in New York.He tries to keep his status as the man in his household. He is reallyhostile towards Rodolfo be lawsuit he thinks he is a homosexual. Marcoknows Eddie tactile propertys this look about Rodolfo and is upset that Eddiefeels this stylus about a member of his family. This creates aggressionfrom Marco throughout the play and results in various conflictsbetween himself and Eddie in which Marco demonstrates his masculinityover Eddie this makes Eddie feel threatened and insecure.Eddie has many different things that he considers to be manly e.g. tobe a breadwinner. He feels that Rodolfo does not conform to his ideaof masculinity because of the way he cooks, cleans, sings and makesdresses. Which at the time of the play would not be considered to bethings done by a man.Ed die withal has strong views about the way that Catherine behaves. Heshows this by criticizing the way she dresses and the way she behaveswhen he says your walkin wavy and youre solace a baby. He feels corresponding she is still his little young lady and he is unhappy that she isgrowing up so quickly. He is also unhappy with her job because of theneighbourhood it is in and he thinks she should stay at school forlonger. I think he disapproves of this not because of theneighbourhood, or the fact she should still be at school, but becausehe thinks she is still a baby and he should still be looking after herwhen she is abruptly capable of doing it herself.Eddie behaves peculiarly when he asks Rodolfo if he can box whichlea... ...ead the drama A view from the bridge it was initiallyintended to be performed on the deliver this would have made the playmore dramatic because the interview would feel like they are a part ofit. The setting would cause problems because it is constantly c hangingso the stage set-up would have to be skillfully done so as little timewas wasted as possible changing the set.We acted a small part of the play in groups which helped us tounderstand why Arthur Miller had so many stage directions in thescript. It is because every little detail needed to be shown to give notice (of)the authenticity of the play and to give it a feeling of what it wasactually like to be there.When we acted our position from the play it was difficult to keep up withall the different stage directions but once we practiced it becameeasier and it made the scene look much more realistic.