A view from a bridge
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A view from the bridge Roxanne Slevin 10lt page 1 of 5 Explain how act one of A View from the Bridge is effective in terms of dramatic quality and how an audience might respond to the play. This essay is about act 1 of A View from the Bridge which was written by Arthur Miller. A View From The Bridge is a play, so I will be focussing on the dramatic input it had on the audience. People in the 1950's, when the play was first performed, would react differently to an audience would now. People in the 1950's lived under a very strict moral code, people were expected to live like a stereotypical American citizen would have. The code was much stricter than the one that exists today. This is shown by "In your town you wouldn't just drag off some girl without permission... it ain't that much...

