A View from the Bridge

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play tragedy

A View from the Bridge is a tragic play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of immigration, family loyalty, and forbidden desire in an Italian-American community in 1950s Brooklyn.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	play → tragedy →
author	Arthur Miller →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
creator	Arthur Miller →
dramaticStructure	Greek-style tragedy →
firstPerformanceCountry	United States →
firstPerformanceDate	1955 →
firstPerformancePlace	New York City →
form	one-act play → two-act play →
genre	drama → tragedy →
hasAdaptation	A View from the Bridge (film) → A View from the Bridge (television production) →
language	English →
narrativePerspective	chorus-like narrator →
narrator	Alfieri →
notableCharacter	Alfieri → Beatrice Carbone → Catherine → Eddie Carbone → Marco → Rodolpho →
notableRevivalLocation	Broadway → West End →
originalMedium	theatre →
protagonist	Eddie Carbone →
settingCity	New York City →
settingCommunity	Italian-American community →
settingLocation	Brooklyn →
settingNeighborhood	Red Hook →
settingTime	1950s →
studiedIn	English literature curricula → drama studies curricula →
subjectMatter	Italian-American family life → dockworkers → illegal immigration →
theme	betrayal → family loyalty → forbidden desire → honor → immigrant experience → immigration → jealousy → law and justice → masculinity →
writer	Arthur Miller →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A View from the Bridge ("A View from the Bridge (film)") → A View from the Bridge ("A View from the Bridge (television production)") →	hasAdaptation
Arthur Miller → Arthur Miller →	notableWork
Arthur Miller →	authorOf