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The setting of the book “view from the bridge is set in America, in the city of Brooklyn. It is about a Sicilian family that emigrated from Italy about 15 years ago. Most of the story is set in Eddie carbon’s household living room. The background of the carbone’s is that Sicilian families are very loyal to each other and there’s trust. Eddie is the uncle of a young teenager called Catherine and he has the responsible of her as he promised her mother on her deathbed. Beatrice is the wife of Eddie.

At the start of the play the relationship between Eddie and Catherine is quite strange and unpredictable. He doesn’t seem to act like a father figure when he arrives in the house. He sees that Catherine is dressed in a “short” skirt and in a sexily manner. As he enters he seems to be “shy” on the way his niece is dressed. A normal father figure would tell his daughter that he didn’t like the way his daughter was dressed and he would address her straight away. But Eddie seems “shy” about it. This could suggest he is not being a father figure and other things could be going on. A young teenager dressing in a sexily manner suggests to us that she is getting to be a woman and it is also a symbol of womanhood. Teenagers also tend to dress like the older people she sees and begins to follow the fashion around her.

Eddie doesn’t stop bothering her and carries on and starts giving her a go then starts giving her ago about her walking “wavy”. This could be she’s trying to impress the boys, which is also a symbol of womanhood. Eddie seems to become disturbed by this and starts talking in a aggressive domineering way he tells her “don’t aggravate me”. He tries to get to his point quickly that he wants her to stop what she’s doing.

As the domination of his speaking carries on she’s almost about to burst in to tears. It says that “almost in tears because of disapproval”. it suggests to us that Eddie is the patriarchal part of the family...