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A View from the Bridge
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How does Arthur Miller utilise the character of Alfieri to contribute to the Dramatic effect of "A View from the Bridge"? A View from the Bridge reflects Miller's background in terms of its setting, plot and context. Arthur Miller was born on October 17th, 1915, in New York City. His parents were both immigrants into the United States. The family lived in affluence due to the success of his father's clothing manufacturing business. A View from the Bridge is staged in the 1940's when Arthur Miller was intrigued in the manual labour, psychological view and the personal lives of the communities of the dockworkers and longshoremen that worked in the Brooklyn Harbour and formerly where Miller worked. Arthur Miller imagined that the Brooklyn docks were 'a dangerous and mysterious world at the water's edge that drama and literature had never touched.' Miller thought he could have captured this dramatic effect and...
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