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ALFIERI: HIS ROLE AND HIS OPINIONS - Coggle Diagram
ALFIERI: HIS ROLE AND HIS OPINIONS
OUTSIDER
in terms of not being a main character in the action:he is not a working class longshoreman
'they'ld rather not get too close'
PARTICIPANT
in terms of being a part of the Italian immigrant community and as a character Eddie will go to for advise
'justice is very important here'
'I am inclined to notice the ruins in things perhaps because I was born in Italy
old systems
'we are quite civilised quite American'
COMMENTATOR/NARRATIVE
expresses opinions about the events occurring on stage and puts them into a larger, wider context
'you wouldn't have known it, but something amusing has just happened'
'this is the gullet of New York swallowing the tonnage of the world'
everything that arrives in NY goes through the gullet
demeaning but nessasary
'washes in withe the green scent of the sea
the image of the sea emphasis how these problems recur
'in Calabria or on the cliff at Syracuse'
historic emphasis
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM
in his professional role as a layer
'that's because I am a lawyer'
POWERFUL
in terms of his social status and his ability to direct the audience
POWERLESS
in his ability to change the course of events