A View From The Bridge
Examine Miller's dramatic technique, with particular reference to the following:S The significance of the opening stage directions and its later implications in the playS Miller's use of speech and stage directions to present Marco to the audience at the end of act one.S How Miller uses speech and stage directions to direct the audience's sympathies towards Marco or Eddie in the closing scenes of the play.In this essay I will attempt to specify the significance of the opening stage directions in 'A View From The Bridge'. I will also look at the later implications in the play that the stage directions have. I will study Miller's use of speech and stage directions to present Marco to the audience at the end of act one. Continuing with how Miller uses speech and stage directions to direct the audience's sympathies towards Marco or Eddie in the closing scenes of the play. I will do this by looking at the language and the imagery it presents to its audience.In the opening stage directions Miller is setting the scene for the whole play. The stage direction "Tenement building" is used to describe where Eddie, Beatrice and young Catherine live. This description of it shows that the initial thought of th
and he transforms what might appear like a glare of warning into a smile of triumph and Eddie's grin vanishes as he absorbs his look' showing that Eddie realises the threat that Marco could be to him if he undermines Rodolfo. At the end of act one all of the central characters are in Eddie's apartment. Miller also says 'At back are a bedroom door and an opening to the kitchen; none of these interiors are seen', this tells the reader that although you never see into the rooms they are an important feature in later moments in the play. The bedroom is significant as it is where Rodolfo leads Catherine into the room when she says '. An example of this gratitude taking place is that when Marco first arrives he repeatedly says 'Thank you' and 'with your permission'. In the opening stage sequence we are informed that there is 'a telephone booth' that is 'not used until the final scenes which may be covered or left in view'. Rodolfo resists, as he does not know how to box, so Eddie shows him how too. Eddie agrees as it appears simple to him, when Eddie cannot lift the chair, Marco takes his turn. Marco does not return to his seat after this and instead remains standing. The home and family is all that Eddie has and this proves how generous he is as he is willing to share this with Marco and Rodolfo. By the end of Act one Marco's character changes and he becomes very protective of Rodolfo and begins to appear more threatening and tough. The rest of the opening stage directions merely describe simple, smaller props and stage layout, none of which have any later significance in the play. When Eddie does begin to fight with Rodolfo, the audience can sense that Eddie's intentions are not as they first seem. In Act two stage directions are used to make you feel sorry for Eddie and Marco.
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