Analyse the function of Alfieri in "A View from the Bridge" and estimate his contribution to our understanding of the drama in its social context.

... Analyse the function of Alfieri in "A View from the Bridge" and estimate his contribution to our understanding of the drama in its social context. The play is set in New York, about a man named Eddie Carbone who lives with his wife Beatrice and his niece Catherine. When Beatrice's two cousins come from Italy to stay with them trouble begins to start within the family. Eddie becomes unhappy when he sees Rodolpho, Beatrice's cousin, becoming close to his niece, infuriating Eddie and he eventually reports the two immigrants to the Immigration Bureau. The play concludes when Marco, Rodolpho's brother, stabs Eddie to death. This affects everyone in the play as Marco will have to be electrocuted and so his family will starve to death, Roldopho will have to go back to Italy and he won't be able to marry Catherine, Catherine will lose the man she loves and Beatrice will

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