"A View From The Bridge" by Arthur Miller: Terms

Hubris

Excessive pride; in tragedy leads to hamartia

Hamartia

Tragic flaw (Adam and Eve)

Nature always come back

Euphemism

Suggesting something happened while not explicitly saying what

Ediphous

Both him and Eddie committed incest and have eyes like tunnels

Anagnorisis

Crucial realization

Beatrice realizes Eddie called the Italian Immigration Bureau

Romanticism

• - Idealized

• - Heroic

Naturalism

• - Detached

• - Inhuman

• - Recognizing human smallness and insignificance

Realism

• - Art imitating style of life (19th century)

• - Came with photography

History of Arthur Miller

Called to testify by HUAC (House of Un-American Activities Committee) and rat out communist supporters

This was because former senator McCarthy was accusing people of being communists supporters during the Cold War

Reason Miller wrote the play/book

• - Stray from psychological realism

• - To theatricalize life

• - Create suspense

• - Understand ourselves through our connections with others and the past

Themes

1. Poverty

2. Social class

3. Jealousy

4. (Italian) Community

5. Immigration

6. Coming of age/romance

7. Lust/desire

8. Incest/taboo

9. Betrayal

10. Justice

11. Sexism

12. Respect/code of honor