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Themes of - A View from the Bridge (Love (Familial Love (Marco is a…
Themes of - A View from the Bridge
Love
Familial Love
Marco is a character in the drama who greatly values a familial relationship, he travels far away from his land to work and earn for his starving family in Italy, and when this opportunity is ruined by Eddie's unethical lust, it furcates Marco, eventually leading him to kill Eddie. the anger that erupts after such betrayal reflects back to the familial bond he had.
Marco also loves his brother Rodolpho and corrects him whenever Eddie finds his faults, this shows how he wanted to keep his family away from trouble.
Marco again depicts strong familial bonds when he lifts a chair on top of Eddie's head to show his physical strength, after Eddie beats Rodolpho in the name of boxing. Marco through this portrays familial love as he shows his protection for his brother Rodolpho, when Eddie tries to dominate him because of his unreligious lust for Catherine.
Romantic love
Catherine and Rodolpho explicitly portray this theme in the second Act of the drama.
The Romantic relationship they both share seems to be pure and strong, as they hold o to one another even though their relationship causes a lot of trouble to their families and even kills the life one member
Eddie and Beatrice depict the Lack this Romantic relationship. as they are a couple who is always found arguing on anything they find.
Unethical love
This theme is depicted by Eddie toward Cathirne as he develops a unreligious lust for her, this themes depicted by Eddie remains as his tragic flaw, leading him into the path of death and tragedy.
His uncontrollable passion for Catherine had made him unaware of his surrounding leading to to make very ironical decisions such as breaking the Italian Code of Conduct.
through the course of the drama the readers also find Catherine's involvement in the development of such unreligious thoughts that Eddie had developed for her, as she was to unable to maintain her distance from him, not reliving that she was growing up too, and she ha shared a house with another "grown man"
Italian Code of Conduct
Eddie in the start of the play is a dedicated follower of the Italian customs, as he loved the pride that had come along with the the dedication he had put into keeping it. His fear of not following it is depicted as he carefully warns his whole family about not to tell anyone about the arrival of Beatrice's cousin from Italy.
Marco too is a dedicated follower of such Italian customs as his wrath towards Eddie for disobeying and breaking such virtues takes him to the extent of killing him.
Masculinity
Masculinity is a minor theme of this play.
Eddie is a character who is filled with the orthodox thought that related and showed masculinity. Through the play Eddie only found Marco as a masculine quality as he was strong and tall and did quite a lot of port work without any rest.
Betrayal
Eddie
Eddie prominently depicts betrayal as he mercilessly snitches Rodolpho and Marco into the hands of American Immigration. Both Marco and Rodolpho whom both seek hope and were grateful to Eddie for providing then with a roof they could sleep under, and always changed themselves to Eddie's pleasure. But such act of gratitude is forgotten by Eddie when he decides to call up on immigration on them and through this Eddie depicts the theme of Betrayal
Catherine
Catherine through the play has a soft corner in Eddie's heart. Even though Eddie had a unethical love grown for her, in his conscious mind she still was his daughter, but Catherine forgets all this daughter-like love and relationship they shared, and all the sacrifices he had made for her, as she turns her back on him. Even though she was partially played a part in the development of this unethical love
American Law
Eddie is the only Character in the entire play that associates with the American law.
Eddie's uncontrollable and dishonourable passion for Catherine had made him serve the American law, which he considered unacceptable in the earlier parts of the drama.