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Consider the role of law and justice in “A View From The Bridge”
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Consider the role of law and justice in "A View From The Bridge" by Arthur Millar Law and justice play very important parts in this play. However, they mean very different things. In "A View From The Bridge" the law of the land, and justice to the people of Redhook mean very different things. This is because a large percentage of the population are immigrants from Italy or Sicily, and some of them illegal. "They been pullin' this since the immigration law was put in". This means that the community in Redhook is like a large family. Therefore there is a very strong community law where the immigrants live which defines the people's respect for one another. To the people of Redhook, their community law is justice. Millar himself worked at the docks in which some of the main characters work in the play. Therefore he has first hand evidence...
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