Sunday, June 2, 2019
The Breakdown of the Carbone family in A View From The Bridge :: A View from the Bridge, Arthur Miller
Trace the Breakdown of the Carbone family in A View From The BridgeNew York in the 1940s the United States welcomed immigrants from allover Europe but especially Italy, the altogether problem with theseimmigrants was, most where illegal. The Italians, starved from thedepression of World War One fled their homes and sometimes familiesfor a better life in the States. This often worked because the areaswhere you went to live often contained more people of the same raceand as they say blood is thicker than water to these people so oneperson wouldnt tell on an early(a) for hiding or be an illegalimmigrant. One problem though, this being to get to America you had tobe smuggled in by the Mafia, this happened to cost an arm and a legwhich means your in debt to the Mafias, so when and if, you get toAmerica most of the money you earned went to the Mafias, so it was ahard life but better than the one you had. This play is about twoItalians that decide to stockpile this risk, but what will h appen as acause of thisCatherine Carbone is Eddie Carbone niece, she is a 17 year old girland is strikingly good looking. On the other hand Eddie is a 40,husky, slightly overweight long shore man, one problem though he has athing for Catherine, but Eddie knows he after partt have her, so because hecant have here no one else can either, or you might say, EddieCarbone wont judge for half , but a good looking 17 year old isntgoing to stay single for long, this creates a dilemma for Eddie.Catherine has spent pretty much all her life with Eddie so she hasbecome very attached, for example, you sit on the edge of the bathtubtalking to him when hes skimming in his underwear, she thinks she isjust talking to him, where as Eddie thinks that she is trying to saysomething and its not. So from an early age she has been manipulatedby Eddie, making him seem the only one to trust and to believe everyword he says, for example, I wish there was one guy you couldnt tellme things about masking th at if Eddie found a guy that Eddie didntnow bad things about he would be a good guy to go out with but, Eddieisnt going to find any won like.Beatrice is petrified of Eddie and he uses this to his advantage.Making Beatrice feel sorry for him when hes being rude to her, when
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