A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller

Question 1

Katie…if you wasn’t an orphan, ……run around with you like this?

Answer 1

Katie…if you wasn’t an orphan, wouldn’t he ask your father’s permission before he run around with you like this?
- omerta
- lack of respect from Rodolpho
- Although Catheriene is an American girl, Eddie is a hybird of Italian and American identity. Born in American but contains the ancient Italian’s desire for respect and revenge.

Theme: Omerta

Question 2

“He knows I mind,….don’t you see that?”

Answer 2

“He knows I mind, but it don’t bother him if I mind, don’t you see that?”
- omerta
- lack of respect form Rodolpho

Theme: Omerta

Question 3

“It aint’ so free …. think.”

Answer 3

“It ain’t so free here either, Rodolpho, like you think”
- omerta
- lack of respect from Rodolpho

Theme: Omerta

Question 4

“Don’t! Stop that! Have respect for her!”

Answer 4

“Don’t! Stop that! Have respect for her!”
- As Rodolpho has slpet with Catheriene, he regards her as his. This creates an apparent friction between Eddie and Rodolpho.

Theme: Omerta

Question 5

“I’ll kill you for that, you son of a bitch!”

“That one, I accuse that one!”

Answer 5

“I’ll kill you for that, you son of a bitch”

“That one, I accuse that one”
- Arthur Miller reduces Macro and Eddie into animal level that words no longer matters.

Theme: Omerta

Question 6

“But the family ….snitched to the Immigration”

Answer 6

“But the family had an uncle that they were hidin’ in the house, and he snitched on the Immigration.”
- Vinny Bolzano’s story presents omerta is more important than family.
- The cost of breaking is banished or death.

Theme: Omerta

Question 7

“If they are illegal they go back where they came from”

Answer 7

“If they are illegal they go back where they come from”
- ironic, the officers are Italian themselves, obeying omerta.

Theme: Omerta

Question 8

“But I don’t …. do you?”

Answer 8

“But I don’t think you want to do anything about that, do you?
- Alferi obeying omertia

Theme: Omerta

Question 9

What does Eddie call Catherine as while repeated three times in the early of novel?

Answer 9

“Madonna”
Connotative meaning:
- Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ
- purest and their universal mother
- this foreshadows the reason of harmtia occurred when Rodolpho had feelings for Catherine.

Question 10

“The guy …. Mr Alfieri”

Answer 10

“The guy ain’t right, Mr Alfieri”
- Eddie doesn’t accept Catherine being taken away.

Question 11

“Heh? ….Heh?”

Answer 11

“Heh, I’m just around the neighbourhood, that’s all. Heh?”
- breaking omertà
- implies he fully understands how enormous the betrayal is among his fellow Italins

Question 12

“I want my name! …. Marco got my name….”

Answer 12

“I want my name, he didn’t take my name; he is only a punk. Macro’s got my name…”
- Eddie turned from welcoming into hatred.
- Eddie insist he will accept the apology if Macro does it in front of neighbourhood. Eddie wants to redeem his code of honour.

Question 13

“You lived in a …. your life.”

Answer 13

“You lived in a house all your life, what do you know about it? You never worked in your life.”
- Eddie resist the idea of Catheriene working.

Question 14

“Gee, that’s hard, I never knew that”

Answer 14

“Gee, that’s hard, I never knew that”

Question 15

“he transforms what might appear like a glare of warning into a smile of triumph, and Eddie’s smile vanishes as he absorbs his looks.”

Answer 15

• the climax of Eddie releazing Macro has the total control in the play.

Question 16

“the less …. feel sorry”

Answer 16

“the less you trust, the less you feel sorry”
- foreshadows his suspicion on Rodolpho’s relationship with Catherine.

Question 17

you like it? I fixed it differently

Answer 17

you like it? I fixed it differently

Question 18

What’re you scared of? He’s a rat! He belongs in the sewer!

Answer 18

a quote by Catheriene in the late novel

Question 19

“you can’t take no job. Why didn’t you ask me before you take a job?”

Answer 19

Section 1:
- using fatherly concern as an excuse for his resistance
- use of imperative, “you can’t”
Section 2:
- emphasises he doesn’t want Catherine to go.
- the phrase “This ain’t what I want” highlights Eddie’s selfishness and possessiveness to keep Catherine under control.

Question 20

“Just remember … that you gave away”

Answer 20

“Just remember, kid, you can quicker get back a million dollar that was stole than a word that you gave away.”
- reveals irony and madness of Eddie’s character
- Miller sets up Eddie vehemently that his betrayal at the end was illogical. This forces Eddie to undergo a drastic change such as the self-destructive madness. It also hints the deepness of his unspoken love for his niece.
- Indirectly hints toward the audience that Eddie knows and understand the cost of his feelings toward Catherine, harmtia.

Question 21

“He’s like a weird”

Answer 21

“He’s like a weird”
- Eddie hinting Rodolpho’s masculinity and sexuality
- implies he is particularly fixated on Rodolpho’s appearance

Question 22

“I bless you and you don’t talk to me”

Answer 22

“I bless you and you don’t talk to me”
- implies Eddie is attached toward Catheriene and missing her talking about him.
- the beginning of his emotions exposed
- trying to make Catheriene feel guilty about her sudden interest in Rodolpho. This implies shows Eddie’s childish behaviour

Question 23

“Get your stuff and get outa here”

Answer 23

“Get your stuff and get outa here”
- kisses Catheriene due to his uncontrollable emotions
- proving Rodolpho is gay by kissing him
- Rodolpho left but Eddie continuous to call the Immigration Bureau. This shows his confusion and how the amount of “love” he contains toward Catherine that code of honor can be lost.

Question 24

“Mr Alfieri, the guy ain’t right”

Answer 24

“Mr Alfieri, the guy ain’t right”
- trying to prove toward the others that Rodolpho is gay and not a match for Catherine.
- the second time Eddie has complained toward Alfieri.
- implies Eddie’s stubborness of not listening to the others.
- “Please Mr Alfierei, I am trying to bring out my thoughts here” that is ironic because Eddie continusally cuts off Alfieri’s sentences.

Question 25

“I want to report something. Illegal immigrants. Two of them.”

Answer 25

“I want to report something. Illegal immigrants. Two of them.”
- Start of Eddie’s self-destruction
- realize the love toward Catheriene has caused confusion in his head. Although he knew his tragdey, he starts to regretting his actions. Seen from the many full-stops and short sentences in hesitation. Miller hints that Eddie doesn’t want to be doing them.
- He states the the illegal immigrants are the someone in the neighbourhood. This is one of the unspoken laws in the Redhook community and Eddie was aware of this fact that everyone is going to be against him as Mr Alfieri reminds him before the phone call.
- The act of hiding names show ambiguity the is hiding shameful fact he is ironic.

Question 26

“You …. comin’ back here, Beatrice”

Answer 26

“you walk out that door to that wedding you ain’t comin’ back here, Beatrice.”
- shows how much control he has
- indirectly conveys the loyalty of Beatrice toward Eddie.
- threatening Beatirce

Question 27

“I want my name”

Answer 27

“I want my name”
- wants respect from everyone but not possible until Macro’s apologize in front of everyone.
- continually informs the audience he regrets his decision. His uncontrollable anger toward ROdolpho and Catherine’s relationship results in him losing all the honour.

Question 28

“Oh, B!”

Answer 28

“Oh, B!”
- a reconciliation and repair in broken relationship.
- Beatrice remains loyal throughout and forgive him

Question 29

His eyes ….. body like a stranger

Answer 29

His eyes were like tunnels; my first thought was that he had commited crime, but soon I saw it was only a passion that moved into his body like a stranger

Alferi describes Eddie’s appearnce at the first meeting, and he senses Eddie as a paranormal beast with fears. Furthermore, the last section of the quote conveys Eddie is unable to be controlled by others. As the play progresses, the auidence will reaslize the “passion” mentioned is toward Catheriene. However, it is an unconisous passion that Eddie has never noticed or admitted. Thus, Alferir descibed it as “a stranger”.

Question 30

You have …. law

Answer 30

you have no recourse in the law

Afleri telling Eddie how he should let Catheriene and Rodolpho go because there is nothing illegal.

Question 31

lucrative

Answer 31

profitable