A View From the Bridge (1955)

Although I didn’t agree with all that Eddie has done but I cant help loving his kindness and generosity with Catherine the daughter of his wife's sister that he adopted after she died
his fault was that he loved Catherine so much.
He says, "I took out of my own mouth to give to her.,I walked hungry plenty days in this city!"
he gave a warm welcome to his wife's Italian cousins(Marco and Rodolpho) when they first arrived. He opened his doors to them,and declared that it was an "honor" to have them at the house .
They are both very gracious for the hospitality. Marco tells Eddie that he has three children and a wife back home that he will be sending money to.....
Rodolpho, the young blonde brother, has no family and intends to stay in the country as long as possible...
Eddie thinks that Rodolpho is untrustworthy...
Eddie becomes jealous of the time he spends with Catherine he was looking for an excuse not to like him he supposes that Rodolfo is gay. the way he sing and dance, the fact that he can sew and cook....!
Eddie tells Catherine that Rodolpho just wants to marry her to become a citizen.....

For me this play raises a question,
Why someone would be generous?is it something he cant control,he is born to be so
And is happy that he helped others and need nothing from them…
Or is it because he can be proud that he has done good.and expecting other to appreciate it,would this person still be generous, when he wanna all the time hear how much those others are grateful for what he had done….
And in return obey his orders even if they are not convinced…

A symbolic action…
Marco challenges Eddie to lift a chair by one its legs with only one of his arms. Eddie can't do it.
Was this Marco's warning to Eddie? Was it a promise of violence, which Marco later
Did…?
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I forgot to mention this fantastic play by Arthur Miller. It was a recommendation from another Librarythinger. I had never heard of All My Sons (which I thoroughly enjoyed) or A View from the bridge. I am still rather confused why these plays did not make it to higher notoriety. I was not at all impressed with The Death of a Salesman, yet it's required reading throughout out school system over gems like these. It boggles my mind. Anyone out there that has read All My Sons but not A View from the Bridge (or vice versa), I would highly recommend it.

Its hard for me to say to much towards the content of the play. It's such a short play, I feel like I would be giving the entire story away. ( )

Great play sensitive characters

This is the play we'll be doing for competition. I'm very excited, it was an excellent piece of work. The script intricacies were phenomenal, and I cannot wait to see us put on this production. It should be a lot of fun. This may even be my favorite play of Arthur Miller's, which is saying a lot. ( )

http://www.ilpotereelagloria.com/libri/Arthur-Miller-Uno-sguardo-dal-ponte ( )