A View from the Bridge

A View from the Bridge

1. Plot

   • The play is set in Red Hook, Brooklyn Bridge
   • The Carbone family and Alfieri sets the scene
   • The main scene Italian immigrants arrive, the Vinny Bolzano Story, Catherine get a job, the cousins come to stay.
   • At the end of the play Eddie forbids Beatrice to attend Catherins Wedding. Eddie is killed by his own knife after vhe attempts to stab Marco

2. Themes

   • Love
   • Family
   • Honour
   • Sexuality
   • Immigration
   • Pride

3. Characters

   • Eddie
     • A Longshoreman
     • Eddie lives with his wife Beatrice and niece Catherine
     • Eddie is described as a inarticulate character and is powerless in the face of tragic fate.
     • Eddie has a secret crush on his niece Catherine
   • Catherine
     • The niece of Eddie and Catherine
     • Catherine is beautiful, smart , young Italian girl
     • Very popular to boy in here community
     • Catherine seek approval from her Uncle
     • She struggles when Eddie does not approve of Rodolpho
   • Beatrice
     • The wife of Eddie Carbone and aunt of Catherine
     • Beatrice is like a Mother to Catherine as she has raised here since Catherine was very young.
     • Beatrice is a caring woman and is more reasonable than Eddie
     • Not a very well-developed character in the play
   • Marco
     • The cousin of Beatrice
     • Marco come to U.S to earn money for his family back in Italy
     • Marco is hard working man who is a powerful, sympathetic leader
   • Rodolpho
     • Beatrice's young, blond cousin from Italy
     • Rodolpho can sing jazz, cook and make dress
     • He work on the docks with Eddie and the other Long shoremen
     • Rodolpho would like to become a American citizen
     • Have all the privileges of Western society including wealth and fame