A View from the Bridge Coursework
Arthur Miller, the author of "A View from the Bridge" wrote the play in the 1950's after working in a Brooklyn shipyard. He was familiar with the immigrant as both his parents were immigrants to the United States. This may have been the inspiration to write "A View from the Bridge" but nonetheless he had a good knowledge of the immigrant society and therefore makes this book very historically accurate and real. When he wrote the play it was a lot more acceptable for a man to be a dominant head of the household as Eddie Carbone is in the play. Because Art…
