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A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller is a two-act play set in the Italian American neighborhood of Red Hook, New York, in the 1950s. Longshoreman Eddie Carbone lives with his wife Beatrice and her niece Catherine in a small apartment. Tensions arise when Beatrice’s immigrant cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, arrive from Italy to stay. Eddie becomes increasingly troubled by Catherine’s romantic interest in Rodolpho, leading to a dramatic conflict that ultimately reveals Eddie’s deeper motivations and causes a tragic outcome. The play includes depictions of a man’s quasi-incestuous desire for his surrogate daughter and references to anti-immigrant sentiment.