A View From The Bridge examining tension and conflict within the play.
The two scenes that I have chosen for my coursework, which I think are
exciting and interesting are:
1) End of act one Pg 38-42
2) End of play Pg 59-64
In my essay on "A View From The Bridge" I will be examining tension
and conflict within the play. Most of the tension and conflict arises
from the fact that Marco and Rodolfo are illegal immigrants. During
the 1930's immigration to the U.S.A was at an all time high. Over a
million Sicilians had already moved to the U.S.A. and there were more
moving over. Many Sicilians dreamed of a better life in America with a
good paid job and enough money to support their family. They hoped of
wealth and security that their home country could not guarantee. The
reality of the situation was that when they arrived many of them were
given jobs on the docks as dockworkers or longshoremen. The waterfront
was populated by people who were poorly paid, exploited by their
bosses and in many cases were only recent immigrants. The play is set
in Red Hook, "the slum that faces the bay on the seaward side of
Brooklyn Bridgethe gullet of New York".
I have chosen the end of act one and the end of the play for scenes,
which I think best explore tension and conflict in the play. This is
because the main theme of the play, family loyalty, is shown in great
effect in these scenes. There is great tension between the family and
especially between Eddie and Marco in these two scenes. In the first
scene I have chosen we see this when Eddie begins to show signs of
jealousy towards Rodolfo.The end of the play shows a great deal of
tension between the family as it is torn apart. Feelings of pride and
honour add to ...
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...these two scenes in creating
tension and excitement. It is through his use of stage directions and
how he perceives tension that Miller creates an effective piece of
drama. My essay shows how Arthur Miller created tension and excitement
in the play and made it an effective piece of drama. I think Miller
was successful in creating tension and excitement in the play because
he uses lots of dialogue and stage directions to build up one's image
of tension. The play is quite an effective piece of drama as it
describes the reality of immigration in to the U.S.A during the
1930's. It purveys the history of Brooklyn and the slums, and shows
the dispute of written laws of U.S.A versus the unwritten laws of
Sicily. I enjoyed the play as I found it to be full of tension and
drama. I thought the play described the reality of immigration in the
1930's very accurately.
The play is set in three scenes. The entire play is set in the dining
Scene 2 act 2 is one of the most important scenes in the play. This is
In my opinion Act 1 Scene 1 is the most important scene of the play
In this essay I will discuss to what extent is act 3 scenes 2 pivotal
This scene is the last of the play but by this time the actual plot is
For my first scene I have chosen act 1 scene 5 in which Romeo meets
In conclusion I feel that both the last scene of Act 1 and the last
the end of the scene a lot to change scenes. In the play music is used
central to the play. I am going to look at only the first act of the
Scenes 7 and 8 are the two last scenes in Act1. Seeing as it is only a
In order to present Act 1 Scene 5 on stage I will divide this scene
2. What is the significance of the scene to the play as a whole? (try to dig deep here - think about themes, character development, tone, etc.)
There are two scenes of merit to choose from but the scene I chose to analyse for this aspect of my research is the final scene, or The Climax.
Some stories show that there are consequences that follow everything a person does, like “The Scarlet Ibis,” “Harrison Bergeron,” and “The Road Not Taken.” In many stories, the main conflict causes consequences that affect many people. One story that shows this is “The Scarlet Ibis.” A character that suffers consequences is George Bergeron in “Harrison Bergeron.” Another character with consequences is the narrator in “The Road Not Taken.” Even though most characters suffer consequences, They do not always impact the character in the same way.
Conflict theory are perspective in sociology psychology that accentuate the social, political, or material inequality of a social group, that analysis the broad socio-political system, or that weaken from structural functionalism and ideological conservatism. With conflict theory, you will see tensions, status, and power are unevenly distributed between groups in society, which these conflicts become the purpose of social change. Conflict theory usually arise due to competition and limited resource that is feed by domination and power, rather than consensus and conformity. This is seen a lot on macro level. As a social worker, you will see and use conflict theory throughout your professional.