| Term Paper Title | A View From The Bridge: |
| # of Words | 583 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2.33 |
A View from the Bridge:
How does Miller create Dramatic Tension?
This scene appears as the closing scene of Act 1, the end of the first act.
In this scene, Miller creates a “fight” between Eddie and Rodolfo, a dance shared between Rodolfo and Catherine and a “lifting of the chair” done by Marco, so that Eddie may see who the real physically dominant one of in the room is.
Miller creates dramatic tension through Eddie’s words. His sarcasm is apparent and it is obvious that there are hidden meanings, subtexts in his speech when reading between the lines. He tries to demonstrate Rodolfo’s sexuality and his own in different parts of the scene, that can only be interpreted, when one realizes that he has a mounting dislike for Rodolfo. Miller uses many words to show that Eddie has nothing but contempt towards Rodolfo’s questioned sexuality. He answers Catherine’s offer to make coffee with the reference to “nice and strong”, an obvious hint of masculinity, and when he speaks of boxing, he immediately turns to Marco “You wait Marco, you see some real fights here”, as if he wanted Marco to back him up.
Miller sets the scene in the dining room, a dining room in blue-collar working class Brooklyn; it is given that the room is both cramped and small, the people are close together and tension is high-too high. It is emotionally charged and a “fight”, an offer from Eddie to teach Rodolfo how to box is put in the spotlight. It were almost as if this small and emotionally charged (emotionally strained) room, soon to set the scene for the fight was Miller’s way of saying in Eddie’s perspective that “there’s not...Read entire document
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