A View from the Bridge

The theme of “A View from the Bridge” is about loyalty. Loyalty is a very important part of the Sicilian culture; it is a principal that the Sicilians live by, it’s an unwritten law. In Sicily you can be punished by death if you rat on someone; the punishment doesn’t come from the law, it comes from the people, and nobody says nothing.
Eddie Carbone is a longshoreman who lives in the Red Hook district of New York City. The same principals of loyalty are respected in this neighborhood. In these parts, rats get disowned by their family and expelled from the neighborhood. Like most people who live in Red Hook, Eddie ...