A view From the Bridge - Arthur Miller

I must admit that reading is not a frequent pass time of mine so when I do find a book that I don't want to put down I have very high regard of the book and its author. The reason I started reading the book is I basically wanted something to read before I went off to the land of nod as I find reading at night generally helps me get off to sleep. Finding this around the house was great and actually kept me up reading on many an occasion. About the author *********************** Arthur Miller is an award winning social playwright; his plays are acts of protest. At the time of this book immigration was a very taboo subject and immigrants were looked ...  Read the complete review

Outline of Plot The play begins with Alfieri, a New York lawyer, talking to the audience about one of his past clients, Eddie Carbone. The majority of the story is told retrospectively, with Alfieri playing the part of narrator at critical moments. We are then introduced to Eddie and the other members of his family: Beatrice, his wife; Catherine, his niece. The relationship between these three characters is at the heart of the play, and the complexities surface gradually as events unfold. Eddie gives Beatrice news she has waited a long time to hear. Her cousins, Marco and Rodolfo, have been stowed away on a ship from Italy, and are due to ...  Read the complete review

What a boring title for a play, and mentioning that why would anyone want to spend their time reading a play? Well simply because this is fantastic. Miller is one of the great literary minds of our time and his works are profound and thought provoking. This is no exception. Personally I feel it is one of his greatest works and offers a great story with moral implications. Accessible to everyone this should not be missed, trust me! This is coming from someone who is not a great lover of reading. Background… A view for the bridge deals with the ‘American Dream’; this is that immigrants came from countries, such as Italy, in order to ...  Read the complete review

A View from the Bridge was written by Arthur Miller who wanted to create an Italian- American based character, after working on the docks of Brooklyn, New York with characters such as Eddie Carbone. Miller saw a mass exploitation by employers of the immigrants, who would work day and night to earn their right to be an American citizen. America was globally reputed for its freedom and opportunity and was flooded with immigrants in the 1890s, however, by the 1950s the United States' immigration laws became a lot stricter and many were forced to smuggle themselves in to the country. Eddie Carbone is a pleasant character at the beginning of the play, hopwever, ...  Read the complete review

I'm studying Arthur Miller's "A View From The Bridge" for my A Level Englsh Literature course, and its probably the most engaging play I've ever read. Mixing social commentary on Italian-American communities in the 1940s with a highly effective sense of drama and tension, this is perhaps Arthur Miller's best play. The play focuses on middle-aged longshoreman (docker) Eddie Carbone, who lives with his wife Beatrice and niece Catherine. It is clear from the start that Eddie has unhealthy feelings towards his neice, a theme inspired by Miller's own fathers feelings towards his daughter. Life is going well for Eddie until the arrival of ...  Read the complete review