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    This document summarizes key aspects of the play "A View From The Bridge" by Arthur Miller. It discusses how the main character, Eddie Carbone, reflects the social situation of the time through his pride, struggle between Italian heritage and American future, and desire to protect Catherine from relationships. Eddie's actions ultimately lead to his demise, demonstrating the themes of community, masculinity, and how the characters feel trapped between two cultures.

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    This document summarizes key aspects of the play "A View From The Bridge" by Arthur Miller. It discusses how the main character, Eddie Carbone, reflects the social situation of the time through his pride, struggle between Italian heritage and American future, and desire to protect Catherine from relationships. Eddie's actions ultimately lead to his demise, demonstrating the themes of community, masculinity, and how the characters feel trapped between two cultures.

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    A View From The Bridge

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    This document summarizes key aspects of the play "A View From The Bridge" by Arthur Miller. It discusses how the main character, Eddie Carbone, reflects the social situation of the time through his pride, struggle between Italian heritage and American future, and desire to protect Catherine from relationships. Eddie's actions ultimately lead to his demise, demonstrating the themes of community, masculinity, and how the characters feel trapped between two cultures.

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    A View From The Bridge

    In the play A View From The Bridge by Arthur Miller, there are various descriptions of
    the social situation of the time. He makes use of various characters and other action to
    demonstrate this. This essay talks about how Eddies character reflects upon the social
    time.

    Eddie Carbone is the sorrowful hero of the play. He is continually self-intrigued. Eddie
    makes an reliable dreamland where his foolish choices bode well. In reality he envisions
    shielding Catherine from marriage and any male relationship and needs her for himself.
    While Eddie falters and switches amongst common and state laws and societies, his
    inspirations dont change.

    The themes used to convey the information about the social time. Community allegiance is
    strong throughout the battle to restore his name in community. It is an important theme, as
    the characters feels themselves to be trapped between their Italian heritage and American
    future. Eddie is conscious about his name, and rodolphos action cause embarrassment at
    home and at work. Thus showing serious Americans. We have many families in our town, the
    children never see their father. This reflects upon how they wish to seek American future,
    as everyone else is swell.

    Eddies pride is another theme that runs throughout the play. In the beginning it was a
    positive characteristics, although by the end it leads him to desperation and ultimately
    death! Eddie welcomes the immigrants to his house gratefully, but his pride causes him deep
    inner conflict when it comes to Catherine. Eddie would never admit his feelings for her, as it
    would scandal between the community and ruin his name. However, he also struggles to allow
    her to become a woman, scared that another man will want her. In the climax both Eddie and
    Marco are fighting over pride. Marco wants revenge as he has been wronged and will be
    unable to support his family once he is deported, while Eddie wants to save his name in the
    community.

    Im ashamed. Paper dolls they cal him. Blondie now

    This is a great quote for not only showing Eddies pride ( and his embarrassment ) but also
    his feeling that rodolpho is gay. There is an inherent irony in this, in the Eddies dislike for
    Rodolpho come from his stealing of Catherine, and yet Eddie reacts by assuming that
    Rodolpho is a homosexual. This also tells us about the world of masculinity that Eddie lives
    in, where Real men dont sing, dance or cook.

    The above evidence, descriptions and quotes are a proof to how Arthur Miller portrays
    Eddiss character to resemble the social time and situation.

    -Dipan Jain
    - 10A

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