Topic > Act 1 Tension in "A View from the Bridge" - 707

The title of the play is “A View from the Bridge” and was written by Arthur Miller in 1995 during the post-war period. Postwar is the interval immediately following the start of a war and continues until another war breaks out. During this period immigration was very popular, especially in the European area, which was hard hit by the World War and most people emigrated to the United States of America like Marco and Rodolfo who had emigrated from Sicily and entered the United States illegally and they were left with Eddie, his wife Beatrice and their granddaughter Catherine. As we approach the climax of the first act, tension increases within the family as a relationship develops between Catherine and Rodolfo. At the beginning of the scene there is a dispute about the time the young couple returned from the cinema. Eddie sits there silently reading a newspaper and Catherine stands up and asks Rodolfo to dance as she drags him up and the caption tells us that he "stands up stiffly, feeling Eddie's eyes on his back." Beatrice is looking at Ed...