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{{quote|''"Every few years there is still a case, and as the parties tell me what the trouble is, the flat air in my office suddenly washes in with the green scent of the sea, the dust in this air in blown away and the thought comes that in some Caser's year, in Calabria perhaps or on the cliff at Syracuse, another lawyer, quite differently dressed, heard the same complaint and sat there as powerless as I, and watched it run its bloody course."''
|'''Alfieri'''}}
A play written by [[Arthur Miller]] in 1955, and set in Red Hook, Brooklyn during the 1950s. Miller modelled '''''A View from the Bridge''''' after at traditional Greek tragedy with the lawyer Alfieri acting as the [[Greek Chorus|Chorus]] equivalent and so the main character, Eddie Carbone, a longshoreman, succumbs to his [[Parental Incest|fatal flaw ]] and ultimately dies in a classic example of [[Never Bring a Knife to A Fist Fight]].
Eddie's wife, Beatrice, has two Italian cousins who have illegally arrived in New York. Obligated by Italian family values, Eddie takes the two into his home where they live. The older of the two cousins (who are brothers) is Marco, a responsible married man who came to America only to earn enough money to support his wife and sick child. The younger is the flamboyant and blond Rodolfo, with whom Eddie's niece and surrogate daughter feels an instant attraction to.
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* [[Citizenship Marriage]]: between Catherine and Rodolfo. It seems they genuinely love each other, but that doesn't stop Eddie from accusing the later of using Catherine to achieve his American dream.
* [[Fatal Flaw]]: Eddie's love for Catherine (and his inability to admit it).
* [[Greek Chorus]]: Alfieri.
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]
* [[Meal Ticket]]: What Eddie believes Rudolpho's intentions are, which may or may not be accurate according to [[Alternate Character Interpretation]].
* [[Never Bring a Knife to A Fist Fight]]: {{spoiler|Eddie brings out a knife in his fight with Marco and is killed.}}
* [[Parental Incest]]: Eddie is in love with his Catherine, whom he raises as a daughter, but he can't even admit this to himself.
* [[Take That]]: Part of a series of [[Take That
* [["Take That!" Kiss]]: oddly mixed with [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]].
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