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A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Plays can be confrontational for an audience shocking them into awareness and understanding of important themes. How successful is the play A View From The Bridge in achieving this result? ... The play A view from the bridge, is able to shock them into awareness and the understanding of important themes. ... There are many aspects throughout the A view from the bridge that confront the audience, shocking them into the awareness of gender roles during the 1950’s. ... The active male roles are represented in the following passage:
“Sometimes they build a house, or they fix the bridge- Marco is a mason and I bring him the cement. ... Alternatively Eddie never takes the incentive to prevent himself from actions like “shavin in his underwear” when Catherine is only wearing a “slip”, even though one would expect Eddie to be more responsible of his actions. ... The way that Miller has constructed females in the play distinctively designs differences in values between males and females, which originate from that era. ... This reflection of male domination is used to create an awareness of this important theme in A View From The Bridge
Approximate Word count = 1080
Approximate Pages = 4.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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