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"[In Arthur Miller's plays] we find the true compassion and catharsis that are as essential to our society as water and fire and babies and air. . . . Miller awakened in me the taste for all that must be-the empathy and love for the least of us, out of which bursts a gratitude for the poetry of his characters and the greatness of their creator."
-Philip Seymour Hoffman, from the Foreword
-Philip Seymour Hoffman, from the Foreword
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Eddie Carbone is a longshoreman and a straightforward man, with a strong sense of decency and of honour. For Eddie, it's a privilege to take in his wife's cousins, straight off the boat from Italy. But, as his niece begins to fall for one of them, it's clear that it's not just, as Eddie claims, that he's too strange, too sissy, too careless for her, but that something bigger, deeper is wrong, and wrong inside Eddie, in a way he can't face. Something which threatens the happiness of their whole family.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Having wached Arthur Miller's plays on stage and on screen I did not expect reading a text to possess the same engaging intensity. A View from the Bridge, at least, certainly exceeds expectations. From outset, the tension between the principal characters is steadily ratcheted up, culminating in the dramatic climax. Miller claims in the introduction he overhead the story, that it is based on real circumstances. It is not difficult to believe, and the reader is confronted, as is often the case with Miller, with asking what they might do in a similar situation? It is hard not to feel empathy for Miller's characters, even if we do not admire them, a reflection of self-criticism perhaps, and also an awareness of the feebleness of mankind. If Miller overheard it, then we all overhear stories. His talent is to render it readable, intense, charged with emotion, and beautifully crafted. An example of the last is the relationship between Eddie and his wife, in which each others' hidden thoughts are known to the other, but outwardly denied for the sake of the marriage. The predictable outcome of the play is no less powerful for it.
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I'm not going to review Arthur Miller's view from the bridge. It was written some fifty-five years and was a fine play when written and remains so. The themes explored as just as relevant today, as they were in the 1950s. What I will review is the Penguin Modern Classics edition!
The forward by Hoffman and the introduction by the author are interesting and useful adjuncts to the play's text.
I found the layout of the text a little confusing and cluttered, the lack of bolt type for character names make it difficult easily to distinguish character from speech. Equally the stage directions after a couple of pages, seem to merge into speech, particularly when a stage direction occurs within a speech. Nevertheless these minor shortcomings do not in any way interfere with the power of the play. I'd compare this edition with other available editions prior to purchase.
The forward by Hoffman and the introduction by the author are interesting and useful adjuncts to the play's text.
I found the layout of the text a little confusing and cluttered, the lack of bolt type for character names make it difficult easily to distinguish character from speech. Equally the stage directions after a couple of pages, seem to merge into speech, particularly when a stage direction occurs within a speech. Nevertheless these minor shortcomings do not in any way interfere with the power of the play. I'd compare this edition with other available editions prior to purchase.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I read this book when I was 15 in GCSE English. I loved it then and 8 years on I love it still. And appreciated it a whole lot more reading it for a 2nd time. Go Arthur Miller! Did u know he was once married to Marilyn Monroe?!
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