A View From The Bridge

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legal citizens the idea of isolation between Italian cultures and the US is evident. The majority of people going to the theatre would be Middle class and well paid so watching a play about poorer Italians creates tension and suggests an unhappy outcome.
The play begins with Alfieri's first speech setting the scene and introducing us to the plot. Despite saying very little about the story itself, he stresses the importance of justice in the community suggesting a betrayal against this Sicilian ‘law’. When describing the setting he gives examples of crimes previously committed, resulting in death, but not directly relating it to the story he narrates. We can see that all he says is relevant to the play, immediately knowing it is likely to end in tragedy. The following line is taken from Alfieri's first speech:

"I am a lawyer. In this neighbourhood to meet a lawyer or a priest on the street is unlucky. We're only connected with disasters and they'd rather not get too close."

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Eddie Carbone's destiny seems inevitable could be:

"I remember him now as he walked through my doorway - His eyes were like tunnels"

After Alfieri's introduction to the play the first person we see is Eddie. The reader may also associate him with Alfieri's previous description of the "bloody course" which is to follow and connect him with the tragedy. Throughout his lines, Alfieri fixates only on Eddie. We know already that Alfieri is narrating a tragedy from what he has just portrayed of the plot but this is something that tells us who is at the centre and cause of the event. As the play and the plot develop we begin to see Eddie as the unstoppable tragic hero with his stubborn ...

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