A View from the Bridge Essay -- A View from the Bridge Arthur Miller E

A View from the BridgeThere are moments of great tension in this play. Tracing thedevelopments of Eddies obsession, depute how Miller creates andbuilds up tension, particularly in the final part of Act 1.How would the tension be shown dramatically?A View from the Bridge is a play based on pride & dependableice andSicilian Honour. There is fine line between natural justice and thatthat is provided by the law. The theme of Justice provided by thelaw, starts right at the outset of the play with Alfieris openingspeech. As a lawyer, he tells the watching audience of his experienceswith the people of Brooklyn, After all, who have I dealt with in mylife? Longshoreman and their wives, and fathers and grandfathers, wages cases, evictions, family squabbles - the petty troublesof the poor The perception of law and lawyers in Brooklyn is notentirely friendly.The people of Brooklyn prefer not to bother with the authorities at a meter of legal need. These people would much rather sought out th eirproblems by enforcing Natural Justice, they would deal with asituation in their own way. The community of Brooklyn has its SicilianHonour, this is a community of people who are against law and order.They find it unlucky to pass a lawyer on the street, in the eyes ofBrooklyn people, lawyers are affiliated with evil and disasters andpeople would rather not get to close.This play provides the watching audience with a lot of natural justicefrom the main characters, Eddie, Marco and Beatrice when sheintervenes with Eddies and Catherines relationship. The naturaljustice with Eddie is with Marco and Rodolpho, Eddie here has takenthe law into his own hands and betraying Marco and Rodolph... ... It isnow that the tension levels have reached a record breaking high, butthat record is broken just a few Brooklyn days later when Marco isreleased and confronts Eddie. Eddie is very confident and doesnt feelany fear of Marco, Eddie is advised by Beatrice, Catherine andRodolpho that Marco will s eriously kill him and that he should juststay away.However, Eddie couldnt let himself look like a wus towards Marco andso decides to confront him outside. Unknown to the watching audience,Eddie is actually armed, but not dangerous As Marco tries toseriously harm Eddie, Eddie pulls out his pen knife and the audience awatching have come to their own conclusion that Marco is going to be minded(p) the stab, but unsuspectedly tension levels are breaking moreworld-wide records and Marco decides to take his personal law into hisown hands and kills Eddie.