View From The Bridge

About this book

This Student Edition of A View from the Bridge is perfect for students of literature and drama and offers an unrivalled guide to Millers play. It features an extensive introduction by Steve Marino which includes: a chronology of Millers life and times; a summary of the plot and commentary on the characters themes language context and production history of the play. Together with over twenty questions for further study and detailed notes on words and phrases from the text this is the definitive edition of the play. Set among Italian-Americans on the Brooklyn waterfront A View from the Bridge is the story of longshoreman Eddie Carbone. When his wifes cousins arrive as illegal immigrants from Italy he is honoured to take them into his house. But when his niece begins to fall in love with one of them Eddie grows increasingly suspicious eventually precipitating his violation of the moral and cultural codes of his community and leading to the plays tragic finale. With its examination of the themes of sexuality responsibility betrayal and vengeance the play is vintage Miller and a modern classic.