Arthur Miller And View From The Bridge

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Arthur Miller And View From The Bridge

My initial reaction to the play was absolutely hideous, and my malcontent was
vibrant. I felt that reading A View From The Bridge was a tedious waste of time
and that the play itself was a trivial piece of literature. I found the play to
be neither intriguing nor interesting in the tiniest fashion. The only aspect
that I found mildly intriguing was the character of the protagonist, Eddie
Carbone, as it miraculously appealed to my passion for psychology.
Unfortunately, this enigma of Eddie’s constitution only guided me through the
first act, where after, I was completely annoyed and jaded. The two-act horror
is centered on the self-delusion of Eddie Carbone, as he is thrust into a
continuously evolving world in which he will not conform. As his environment is
morphing with the times, Eddie feels compiled to halt it, as his pathetic
temperament will not wallow him to cope with the change, or behave in an orderly
fashion. Eddie begins to veil himself from his love for his eighteen-year-old
niece, Catherine, near the commencement of the play, whence he begins to
criticize her and her perfectly normal actions. “Now don’t aggravate me,
Katie, you are walkin’ wavy! I don’t like the looks they’re givin’ you
in the candy store. And with them new high heels on the sidewalk --- clack,
clack, clack. The heads are turnin’ like windmills.”(Page 7) In this quote
we see how Eddie falsely attributes his harshness towards Catherine as
protection, rather than selfishness and his obsession to have her solely to
himself. Another element in Eddie’s constitution is his personal honor, which
he tosses aside whence he takes it upon himself to call the Immigration Bureau
to reveal his nemesis and competitor for Catherine’s love, Rodolpho, to the
police. This is apparent when Alfieri tells Eddie the consequences to him
calling the Immigration Bureau: “You won’t have a friend in the world,
Eddie! Even those who understand will turn against you, even the ones who feel
the same will despise you! Put it out of your mind.”(Page 66) These aspects
are portrayed thoroughly expansively in this horrible excuse for a play, and
have a stron...

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