A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

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

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

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

A

“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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

“It aint’ so free …. think.”

A

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

Theme: Omerta

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

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

A

“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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

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

“That one, I accuse that one!”

A

“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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

“But the family ….snitched to the Immigration”

A

“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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

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

A

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

Theme: Omerta

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

“But I don’t …. do you?”

A

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

Theme: Omerta

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

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

A

“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.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

“The guy …. Mr Alfieri”

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

“Heh? ….Heh?”

A

“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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

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

A

“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.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

“You lived in a …. your life.”

A

“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.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

“Gee, that’s hard, I never knew that”

A

“Gee, that’s hard, I never knew that”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

“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.”

A
  • the climax of Eddie releazing Macro has the total control in the play.
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

“the less …. feel sorry”

A

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

17
Q

you like it? I fixed it differently

A

you like it? I fixed it differently

18
Q

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

A

a quote by Catheriene in the late novel

19
Q

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

A

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.

20
Q

“Just remember … that you gave away”

A

“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.

21
Q

“He’s like a weird”

A

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

22
Q

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

A

“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

23
Q

“Get your stuff and get outa here”

A

“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.

24
Q

“Mr Alfieri, the guy ain’t right”

A

“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.

25
Q

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

A

“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.

26
Q

“You …. comin’ back here, Beatrice”

A

“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

27
Q

“I want my name”

A

“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.

28
Q

“Oh, B!”

A

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

29
Q

His eyes ….. body like a stranger

A

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”.

30
Q

You have …. law

A

you have no recourse in the law

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

31
Q

lucrative

A

profitable

32
Q
A