At the end of the play, Alfieri says of Eddie that despite "how wrong he was...I think I will love him more than all my sensible clients".
             To what extent does Arthur Miller make us agree with Alfieri?
             The opening of the play "A View from the Bridge" sets the tone of a strong Italian- American community in Red Hook on the seaward side of Brooklyn Bridge. The play is set in the 1950's around the Red Hook slum in Brooklyn where there was a strong belief in the catholic culture. Families were living in inferior standard houses with poor heating and bathrooms and employment was low. Despite this some men worked on the docks for a reasonable pay and this is also where Italian immigrants worked when they would illegally migrate to find a better way of life and try to raise money to send home to their families in Italy. The catholic community of red Hook was surrounded by a legal system which they didn't understand or trust and this gave rise to issues of loyalty and justice. Miller explores these issues throughout the play through the character of Eddie, who is a typical male stereotype with strong beliefs in tradition and respect, however as a consequence to his actions he gets stripped of his pride and dignity.
             "And sat there as powerless as I and watched it run its bloody course" (Alfieri)
             Miller enables us to see Eddie differently throughout the play and it is difficult to decide whether we should feel love or hatred towards this character.
             The beginning of the play opens with Alfieri's speech; he is cynical of Eddie as he compare him to his past clients. "This ones name was Eddie Carbone". Greek playwrights used a chorus to represent attitudes and emotions within the action of the play, the genre of which would usually be tragedy. Alfieri acts as a suitable substitute to a chorus as he too reacts to situations in the play and the way he interprets the action enables the ...