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Miller a view from the bridge5/28/2023 ![]() Catherine begins to be fascinated by Rodolpho, who says that he wants to stay in the United States and become a rich American. They can find no jobs in their hometown in Italy, and have come to America to work and send money back to their families. They thank Eddie for allowing them to stay at his home, and are excited at the prospect of work. Beatrice’s cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, arrive at the apartment. He says that she will eventually move out and see him less and less often, and jokes that he “never figured on” Catherine growing up. Beatrice chides him, and he relents and lets her accept the job. (They are sneaking into the country as illegal immigrants and will stay at Eddie’s apartment.) At dinner, Catherine tells Eddie that she has gotten a job as a typist, but Eddie is reluctant to let her go to the job. He tells his wife Beatrice that her cousins from Italy have arrived. Eddie is returning home from work, and sees his niece Catherine, whom he looks after like a daughter. ![]() ![]() ![]() Alfieri says that the people of the neighborhood are “quite American,” and that “justice is very important here.” Alfieri points out Eddie Carbone, a longshoreman who works on the docks. A middle-aged lawyer named Alfieri introduces the audience to the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook in the 1950s, populated mostly by Italian-American immigrants. ![]()
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