A View From The Bridge By Arthur Miller “A View from the Bridge” by Arthur Miller                  The main subject I had to look at when writing this essay is the dramatic im ...

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A View From The Bridge By Arthur Miller
“A View from the Bridge”
by Arthur Miller
                 The main subject I had to look at when writing this essay is the dramatic importance of the story. I had to look at the dramatic techniques used by the writer to pick up and to uphold the audience’s attention. These techniques include lighting, actions, movement, music and stage directions. These things together help the writer to be able to communicate with the audience, to create different atmospheres and feelings in the audience to make the play more enjoyable. The end of Act I. is a decisive moment for the play; this part contains loads of tension, which, again, is another dramatic technique. I am going to be focusing mainly on this part of the story.
        “A View from the Bridge” is about Bronx, about immigrants and human nature. Eddie, a hard working man, his wife Beatrice and Eddie’s niece Catherine live together in peace and tranquillity. Their family migrated to America years ago. Catherine is 17, she is starting to explore the world, she is getting more interested in men. Eddie obviously doesn’t like this. When Beatrice’s cousins, Marco and Rodolpho arrive from Italy hoping to take a part of the “America Dream” and to earn good money, the story changes drastically. As Rodolpho, the young, always happy, singing dancing blond haired and quite immature Italian falls in love with Catherine, problems start to occur. Eddie thinks Rodolpho is not good enough for his Catherine, and tries to separate them, but without any luck. As Rodolpho and Catherine gets closer and closer to each other, the girl gets further and further away from them. This leads the events happening at the end of Act I., which plays a very important part in the story. I think so because before this point, Eddie and Marco seemed to get on well, but in this scene, Marco shows solidarity towards his brother, and threatens Eddie. These events later on lead to a tragic ending.
        In Act I., the following characters are present: Eddie, Beatrice, Catherine, Marco and Rodolpho. They are chatting, and Eddie behaves very aggressively, he treats the Italians in an off-hand manner, he criticises and teases them. He is also making fun out of Rodolpho, he criticises his ability for cooking, singing and making dresses. His words suggest to the audience that he might think that Rodolpho is slightly or fully homosexual. His reason to believe this is because, as we later on find out, he thinks Rodolpho only goes out with Catherine to get himself a green card. Eddie tells Rodolpho that he will teach him how to box, he says “Well, come on, I’ll teach you”. This is just another reason for him to needle Rodolpho; he clearly wants to hurt him in one-way or another. He also wants to highlight his own masculinity and Rudolph’s femininity. Rodolpho and Catherine dance, clearly showing no sign that they care about Eddie’s offen