A View From the Bridge

by Arthur Miller

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A View From the Bridge Questions and Answers

What are the literary devices used in A View from the Bridge?

Explain the quote from A View from the Bridge that begins "Most of the time we settle for half and I like it better" and ends "And so I mourn him—I admit it—with a certain alarm."

How does Arthur Miller present Eddie as a tragic character in act 1 of A View from the Bridge?

What is Beatrice's role in the play A View From the Bridge?

Significance of the title of A View From the Bridge

How does the audience's view of Eddie Carbone change from the beginning to the end of A View from the Bridge?

Show how the theme of jealousy is explored in the play A View From the Bridge.

Explore the theme of conflict in A View From the Bridge. You must consider language, form, and structure in your answer

What is the importance of loyalty in the world of the play A View From the Bridge? Explore the theme of loyalty versus betrayal, with the utilization of quotes as evidence.

How does Catherine's character develop in A View from the Bridge?

Explore ways in which Catherine's character changes over the course of A View from the Bridge.

What makes Eddie Carbone a tragic hero in A View From the Bridge?

What are the similarities between T. Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire and Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge? Themes with quotes if possible, imagery, structure, context, stagecraft(props), and setting

Explore the importance of honor in A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller. You must consider language, form, and structure in your answer.

In act 2 of A View from the Bridge, what does Eddie mean by saying that "Marco's got my name"? Why is it so important to him to get his name back?

How does Catherine cause Eddie's destruction?

How does Marco and Rodolpho's Italian background affect their identity in A View From the Bridge?

Alfieri tells us in the opening sequence of the play that events will run “their bloody course.” How does Miller use language, form, and structure to present the outcome of A View from the Bridge as inevitable?

How is the character of Catherine used as a symbol of desire and love in A View from the Bridge?

Discuss the character of Alfieri and his importance in A View from the Bridge.

How does Miller present the struggles that social class brings in A View From the Bridge?

How does Arthur Miller present the ideas of manliness, hostility and aggression in Act One of A View from the Bridge?

Discuss the function of Alfieri in A View from the Bridge. 

How did Eddie Carbone in A View From the Bridge cause his own tragedy? What is the reason behind Eddie Carbone's problems?

What are the themes in Miller's A View from the Bridge?

To what extent does Arthur Miller make you feel that Eddie was responsible for his own death?

How does Arthur Miller demonstrate the difficulties which immigrants face?

Please give some of the historical and social context of the play A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller.

In act 1, Eddie says to Beatrice and Catherine, "The less you trust, the less you will be sorry." What do you think? Is he right? Explain.

In Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge, what would the story's theme fall into: innocence and experience, conformity and rebellion, or love and hate?

How does the theme of manliness differ between Eddie, Rodolfo and Marco in A View From The Bridge?

What evidence in the text A View from the Bridge states that the Italian community in Red Hook does not trust the law?

What is the difference between Marco and Alfieri in the ending scene of A View from the Bridge?

Is Eddie a sympathetic character? How he has changed during the play?

Can you describe the opening scene to A View from the Bridge?

How does Arthur Miller create tragedy in A View From the Bridge?

What is the importance of loyalty in the world of the play A View From the Bridge? Explore the theme of loyalty versus betrayal.

In A View from the Bridge, explain Eddie's complexity and evolution throughout the play. How can you explain Eddie's complexity?

In A View from the Bridge, what are the themes that run through Eddie Carbone? 

What reaction might 'ordinary humans' with little knowledge of the immigrant communities have towards A View from the Bridge?