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A view form the bridge
Links to help with all those trying to learn A View from the Bridge:
http://www.litcharts.com/lit/a-view-from-the-bridge/themes/immigration-home-and-belonging
http://www.sfponline.org/Uploads/70/AViewFromtheBridge.pdf
http://schools.richmond.gov.uk/a_view_from_the_bridge.pdf
You wouldn't have known it, but something amusing has just happened. You see how uneasily they nod to me? That's because I am a lawyer. In this neighbourhood to meet a lawyer or a priest on the street is unlucky. We're only thought of in connection with disasters, and they'd rather not get too close. I often think that behind that suspicious little nod of theirs lie three thousand years of distrust. A lawyer means the law, and in Sicily, from where their fathers came, the law has not been a friendly idea since the Greeks were beaten. I am inclined to notice the ruins in things, perhaps because I was born in Italy ... I only came here when I was twenty-five. In those days, Al Capone, the greatest Carthaginian of all, was learning his trade on these pavements, and Frankie Yale himself was cut precisely in half by a machine gun on the corner of Union Street, two blocks away. Oh there were many here who were justly shot by unjust men. Justice is very important here. But this is Red Hook, not Sicily. This is the slum that faces the bay on the seaward side of the Brooklyn Bridge. This is the gullet of New York swallowing the tonnage of the world. And now we are quite civilised, quite American. Now we settle for half, and I like it better. I no longer keep a pistol in my filing cabinet. And my practice is entirely unromantic. My wife has warned me, so have my friends; they tell me the people in this neighbourhood lack elegance, glamour. After all, who have I dealt with in my life? Longshoremen and their wives, and fathers and grandfathers, compensation cases, evictions, family squabbles- the petty troubles of the poor- and yet ... every few years there is still a case, and the parties tell me what the trouble is, the flat air in my office suddenly washes in with the green scent of the sea, the dust in this air is blown away and the thought comes that in some Caesar's year, in Calabria perhaps or on the cliff at Syracuse, another lawyer, quite differently dressed, heard the same complaint and sat there as powerless as I, and watched it run its bloody course. [EDDIE has appeared and has been pitching coins with the men and is highlighted among them. He is forty- a husky, slightly overweight longshoreman.] This one's name was Eddie Carbone, a longshoreman working the docks from Brooklyn Bridge to the breakwater where the open sea begins.
Alfieri's opening speech in A View From The Bridge by Arthur Miller
Blaze of Glory
Blaze of Glory
The Stena Line Belfast Giants prepare for this weekends games against Coventry Blaze knowing the Monteith Bowl and the Erhardt Conference are already in the cabinet, will the Giants take their foot off the gas, with records there to be broken we certainly hope not.
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I was talking to my mom about Catherine and Rodolpho last night and uGH I just really love them okay I've got a lot of feelings for those two perfect idiots They're so goddamn cute it makes me angry
Yay! Adam offered to send me his 19css notes when he's done! He's an angel!
You're an angel! God'll bless you!
-Beatrice to Eddie; AVFTB
lol this shit is getting to my head.
Audrey is currently having the lamest quote-off on AVFTB with le Tonks.
Top Three Links [Page 5]
1. AVftB Wikispaces page
Reason:
The main page gives links to other helpful websites (like the BBC GCSE bitesize page), while also having a list of the tags used in the site. These tags link to different uploads by the users, most of which are very helpful. The sidebar also contains links to profiles of the main characters, as well as pages on a few of the themes from the play.
However, as the site is a WIP (work in progress), and can be edited by any of the members (each post looks like its been uploaded by different people), the information on the page might not be accurate. The ‘Eddie Carbone’ page doesn’t expand on its views, and contains tags like “ONE-SIDED”, “MISSING EVIDENCE” and “DEBATABLE VIEW”. Despite having a lot of information, one has to read each article while taking it with a grain of salt.
2. Forword - IGCSE Literature A View From the Bridge
Reason:
This page comprises of word documents and PDFs pertaining to A View From the Bridge, and is a valuable resource to have. The documents listed under ‘pre-reading’ are especially useful, giving background information on Red Hook, the Brooklyn Bridge, and on the role of the Tragic Hero. There is also a useful document on an essay Arthur Miller himself wrote on his ideas of the tragic hero, which will help greatly if the exam calls for a written essay about Eddie’s role as a tragic hero.
Aside from that, there are also many more documents under the headings ‘Activities’ and ‘Assessments’, which will help with revision. The documents itself don’t just list out essay questions and assessments, but also give helpful tips on how to answer the questions, which will no doubt make analysing the play easier. However, there are little to none documents at all focusing solely on analysis, and gives the impression of being a resource for teachers, not students.
3. 6 Points, 6 Quotes, 6 Analysis [1]
Reason:
Note: This links to an actual word document, not a page on the Internet.
The word document is as it says on the tin: A brief analysis of six different scenes in the play. The document follows the PEA method (Point, Evidence, Analysis), and is a good resource for analysing scenes with dramatic impact in the play. It also shows some important quotes from the play, most of them relevant to a range of themes.
However, the document itself is very short, with the points, evidence and analysis being laid out in a simple table. Most of the six points are part of important scenes in the play, though not all might be extremely relevant to our revision, while the analyses are very short, and might not be very useful. The document also seems to have been written by a student, so this too should be taken with a grain of salt.
Behaviour of Male Characters [AVFTB]
Some audiences feel angry about the behaviour of the male characters in this play. What do you think there is in any of the male characters that might make the audience feel this way?
In A View from the Bridge, Eddie, Marco and Rodolfo are portrayed in very different ways, some of which will no doubt enrage the audience. Most of the audience’s anger lies with Eddie’s behaviour, especially his idea of masculinity and his treatment of Marco and Rodolfo.
Masculinity is one of the major themes in the play, with Eddie’s idea of masculinity warping his judgement of Rodolfo. Eddie thinks Rodolfo “ain’t right”, claiming that his high singing voice and his ability to sew and make dresses implies that he’s a homosexual. Rodolfo is the complete opposite of what Eddie considers to be a ‘man’, and his subsequent treatment of him due to this (and also due to his growing relationship with Catherine) will seem to be very unreasonable and unwarranted, thus creating anger within the audience.
This is further expanded on when Eddie offers to teach Rodolfo how to box. In the scene, his whole conversation with Rodolfo seems to be very condescending and slightly sarcastic, especially when he punches Rodolfo and only says “Why? I didn’t hurt him. Did I hurt you, kid?” in response to Catherine’s accusatory cry. Eddie’s actions only worsen from there onwards, ‘snitching’ the brothers to the immigration bureau and refusing Rodolfo’s apology in the last scenic unit (by then, most of the audience will think that Rodolfo shouldn’t have had to apologize in the first place, thus making them even more angry).
Eddie treats Marco very unjustly at the end of the first act, insulting him and his wife by implying that his wife is having an affair back in Italy (“you know– you count the kids and there’s a couple extra than when they left?”), despite the fact that Marco has not done anything so far to cause such behaviour. Eddie’s poor treatment of Rodolfo also leads Marco to be very protective of his brother, causing him to challenge Eddie (which in turn sours Eddie’s feelings towards Marco).
Most of the audience’s anger is focused on Eddie’s behaviour, and this can be traced back to one reason: His treatment of Marco and Rodolfo is completely irrational. This irrationality can be seen throughout the play, from Eddie’s ideal of masculinity to the unwarranted insult of Marco’s wife. It is through this irrationality that the audience’s positive opinion of Eddie will start to deteriorate, giving way to anger. This is shown best through the ending, in scenic unit 10, when Eddie insists that “Marco’s got my name”. By then, the audience would have become more sympathetic towards Rodolfo and Marco, and they would think Eddie’s obsession with reclaiming his name as an irrational and minor problem compared to his betrayal of his family.
The audience feel anger once Eddie’s irrational actions are apparent, which is partially due to their viewpoint— they are ‘on the bridge’, looking down from a third person viewpoint and thus, will find a lack of reason in Eddie’s judgement (though Eddie might think otherwise).
From viewpoint to Eddie’s irrational behaviour, many of such factors affect the audience’s opinion of Eddie and might lead them to regard him with anger.
