english a view from the bridge

context quote adn charecter quotes

what were womens roles in the 1950s

• to marry

• to be obedient

• to support family

what type of feminist does Catherine portray

mordern women

what type of women does beatrice represent

a traditional women

quotes showing beatrice’s role in the houes

“i didn’t even buy new table clothes, i was gonna was the walls“- shows how she was a housewife figure

“you was gonna put a new cover on the chair“- expected to complete household chores -eddie being judgemental

eddie carbone quotes

“[furiously]: what are you talking about marry me, i don’t know what the hell your talking about“ - angry, confused

“[with eddies eyes on their back they dance]“ - jealousy

“when i think of that guy laying hands on her, i could, it eating me out“

quotes about eddies realtionship with beatirce

“now don’t aggravate me, katie, your walking wavy“ - both informal and aggressive

“and with them new high heels on the sidewalks - clack, clack, clack“ -shows eddies paranoia of catherine being picked up by other boys

“katie, i promised your mother on her deathbed, im responsible for you“- emtionaly manipluative

quotes about eddies apperence

“a husky, slightly overweight longshoresmen“

quotes about rolodhos masculintiy

“this guy aint right“ - eddie repeats this alot who is he trying to convince

“if you come into the hosue and didnt know who was singing you wouldnt be looking for him, you’d be looking for her”“

“im ashamed Paper Doll they call him Blondie now“

how is honor, pride and tradgey presented

• marco has a strong sense of honor and justice- seeking revenge on eddie

• marco has a strong sense of pride in the way he talks about italy

• the play ends in violence showing how pride and personal justice destroys life

• inspiired by greek tradgey

why is roldolpho considered unmanly

he cooks, sews, sings

quotes about imigration + community

“three flights his head was bouncin’ like a cocnut. and they spit on him in the street, his own father and his brother. they whole neighborhood was cryin’“

• closely knit community

• foreshadowing, dramatic irony

• beatrice is describing what will happen to eddie in a few days but know one knows

• simile

how is imigration symbolixed in the play setting

brooklyn is part of new york but seperatted , the bridge represetn the in-between space

the title of the play captures the way charecter are stranded between two world

what is red hook like

tough poor area dominated by longshore men- lots of working clss italian-americans trying to achieve the american dream

quotes about the law

“i mean there must be some kinda law which-“ -edde think he is imporant and that people do what he wants

“if he obey the law he lives” - alferi, emotnial + social justices

“a lawyer means the law“- alferi- foreshadowing

what was miller’s intetions including justice and the legal system

to ask the reader: does the legal system serve real justice?

quotes about eddies treatement of catherine

“you aint all the girls“

“im responsible for you “

“why didnt you ask me before you took the job“

beatrice quotes

“when am i going to be a wife again“

“well be an uncle then“

“you want something else eddie and you can never have her!“

catherine quotes

“wanna dance rodolpho“

“he says im the best student in the class“