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A View From The Bridge

A tragedy is defined as both serious play that ends sadly especially with the main characters death. A tragedy consists of terrible, unhappy or unfortunate events. A tragic hero is when a main character in a play dies. A View from the Bridge is set in Red hook where justice is very important but not law. Law had no place in the society of Red hook; there seems to be a conflict between law and justice. Red hook was the center point of Italian immigration, for that reason the community of Red hook were known as Italians.
The themes explored in the play “A View from the Bridge” is; dominance, power, honour and most importantly love. Eddie is baffled between love and honour. He’s love for Catherine destroys his honour his community, as a result, tension is created because Eddie has to make a decision that will sacrifice one feeling, love or honour, and save the other. The reader wants to know which decision he’ll make, so, it draws the reader into the play to read on and find out. Tension is then sustained throughout the play when Eddie phones up the immigration bureau.
At the start of the play Eddie is genuinely concerned about Catherine’s behavior. “Walkin wavy”, this shows that Eddie disapproves her behavior, hence, showing that Eddie is not only a positive father-like figure but he is a responsible guardian. Catherine’s attempt to please Eddie tells us that she cares about what Eddie thinks. If one did not know that Katie and Eddie were not related they could assume that they were in fact actually flirting, a very close relationship indeed. Yet, Eddie and Beatrice are married, we do not see them flirting in the play, do we? Eddie and Beatrice are married, but what does that mean? Eddie rarely, if ever, goes near Beatrice; his focus is moreso on Catherine. There is a triangle between Eddie, Catherine and Beatrice, and unfortunately all of their needs are different, Beatrice wants Eddie, Eddie wants Catherine and Catherine wants, well, we don’t know yet.

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