A View from the Bridge

By Justin Ehrenpreis

Author

Arthur Miller

Setting

Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY

By the sea side

Characters

By Justin Ehrenpreis

Catherine

17 year old stenography student

Louis

A friend who works with Eddie

Alfieri

A lawyer who also serves as narrator

Lipari

The neighborhood butcher

Eddie

The protagonist; 40 year old Longshoreman

Beatrice

Unhappy, yet devoted wife

Vinnie B. story

A young man who “ratted” and disappeared

Marco

The immigrant with a wife and three kids

Rodolpho

The blond Italian immigrant cousin

Miller

Great American playwright

Literary Terms

Louis- Protagonist

Metaphor- Vinnie B. story