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How does Arthur Miller use Alfieri as a
Dramatic device to make the
Play more enjoyable?

A View from the Bridge is a play set in the 1940’s by Arthur miller, it is a play written in the style of a Greek tragedy. Arthur Miller sets the scene in Red Hook in New York, Red Hook is a slum area inhibited mainly by Italian immigrants. The play revolves around the Carbone family who are also Italian Immigrants called Eddie and Beatrice; a married couple with their niece Catherine. The family smuggle in two relatives into their home by the names of Marco and Rodolfo; during the play Rodolfo becomes friendly with Catherine. The idea of Rodolfo and Catherine as a couple torments Eddie, Eddie’s torment is made clear to us through Alfieri. Alfieri is considered as the mouth of the play as he opens and closes the play, he has three major roles that make the play enjoyable for the reader, he creates dramatic tension through commentating the play and explaining what is happening at each......

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