A View From the Bridge Quotes

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25 key quotations for A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller Who About Quotation Char relev Alf USA Now we settle for half, and I like it better E, M, Alf, R E C You’re walking wavy…don’t aggravate me E,C E,B R,M E: it’s an honour E,B,M,R B E,C She’s seventeen.. you gonna keep her in the house…life E,B,C, E Vinny A guy do a thing like that? How’s he gonna show his E face? E C (sadly smiling, yet somehow proud of her) I hope you E, C have good luck. I wish you the best. Alf E He was as good a man as he had to be in a life that was E hard and even. R USA Yes, forever! Me, I want to be an American R B E, sex When am I gonna be a wife again? It’s been almost 3 E, B months… they’re only here a couple of weeks Louis E, R,M Eddie, you got a lotta credit coming to you C E, R Why don’t you talk to him, Eddie? He blesses you, and E,C, R you don’t talk to him hardly E C, R Katie, he’s only bowing to his passport E,C,R B C, E But if you act like a baby and he be treatin’ you like a B,C,E baby Alf E, C, R There’s nothing illegal about a girl falling in love with E,Alf, an immigrant E Alf I wouldn’t do nothing about that (Immig) E,R,Alf Alf E, C There is too much love for a daughter, there is too much E,C,Alf love for a niece M E He transform what might be a glare of warning into a E,M,R smile of triumph R C Do you think I would carry on my back the rest of my R,C life a woman I did not love just to be an American? C R, B Then why don’t she be a woman? If I was a wife I C,R,B, would make a man happy instead of goin’ at him all the time. E B,C I broke my back paying her stenography lessons so she E,B,C could go out and meet a better class of people. Alf, M: All the law is not in a book Alf, M, M A: yes. In a book. There is no other law. C,B E C: how can you listen to him? This rat! B,C,E B: don’t you call him that R E It’s my fault, Eddie. Everything. I wish to apologise. I E,R, kiss your hand B B,E,C You want somethin’ else and you can never have her E,B,C E,B, E,B,C C: I never meant to do nothing bad to you E,B,C C E: then why-oh, B.! B: yes, yes! E: My B.! Other key words and facts to remember:  Vinny Bolzano ‘snitched’ on his uncle (p13)  Marco: ‘square built, suspicious, tender, quiet voiced’ (p16), ‘a regular bull’ (p25)  Marco: ‘the older one is sick in the chest’ (p18)  Rodolpho’s song: ‘Paper Doll’ (p21)  Eddie of R: ‘he’s like a weird’ (p23)  B knows Eddie ‘snitched’ on M and R; ‘My God, what did you do?’ (p56)  Marco spits in Eddie face (p57)

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L/J Hon, L/J Fam Man, hon US/Sic Fam Am dr, Fam Hon, L/J Hon, Fam Hon, man Fam Fam

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Eddie changes the argument at the end, ignoring the fact (and denying it) that he snitched on R and M, but demands an apology from M for spitting in his face in public 25 key quotations for A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller Who About Quotation Char relev Theme relev Alf USA Now we settle for half, and I like it better E, M, Alf, R L/J, US/Sic E C You’re walking wavy…don’t aggravate me E,C Fam E,B R,M E: it’s an honour E,B,M,R Hon,fam,man B E,C She’s seventeen.. you gonna keep her in the house…life E,B,C, Rel, fam E Vinny A guy do a thing like that? How’s he gonna show his E Hon, L/J face? E C (sadly smiling, yet somehow proud of her) I hope you E, C Fam have good luck. I wish you the best. Alf E He was as good a man as he had to be in a life that was E Hon hard and even. R USA Yes, forever! Me, I want to be an American R US/Sic B E, sex When am I gonna be a wife again? It’s been almost 3 E, B Rel months… they’re only here a couple of weeks Louis E, R,M Eddie, you got a lotta credit coming to you Hon,man,fam C E, R Why don’t you talk to him, Eddie? He blesses you, and E,C, R Rel you don’t talk to him hardly E C, R Katie, he’s only bowing to his passport E,C,R B C, E But if you act like a baby and he be treatin’ you like a B,C,E baby Alf E, C, R There’s nothing illegal about a girl falling in love with E,Alf, L/J an immigrant E Alf I wouldn’t do nothing about that (Immig) E,R,Alf Hon, L/J Alf E, C There is too much love for a daughter, there is too much E,C,Alf Fam love for a niece M E He transform what might be a glare of warning into a E,M,R Man, hon smile of triumph R C Do you think I would carry on my back the rest of my R,C US/Sic life a woman I did not love just to be an American? C R, B Then why don’t she be a woman? If I was a wife I C,R,B, Fam would make a man happy instead of goin’ at him all the time. E B,C I broke my back paying her stenography lessons so she E,B,C Am dr, Fam could go out and meet a better class of people. Alf, M: All the law is not in a book Alf, M, Hon, L/J M A: yes. In a book. There is no other law. C,B E C: how can you listen to him? This rat! B,C,E Hon, Fam B: don’t you call him that R E It’s my fault, Eddie. Everything. I wish to apologise. I E,R, Hon, man kiss your hand B B,E,C You want somethin’ else and you can never have her E,B,C Fam E,B, E,B,C C: I never meant to do nothing bad to you E,B,C Fam C E: then why-oh, B.! B: yes, yes! E: My B.! Other key words and facts to remember:  Vinny Bolzano ‘snitched’ on his uncle (p13)  Marco: ‘square built, suspicious, tender, quiet voiced’ (p16), ‘a regular bull’ (p25)  Marco: ‘the older one is sick in the chest’ (p18)  Rodolpho’s song: ‘Paper Doll’ (p21)  Eddie of R: ‘he’s like a weird’ (p23)  B knows Eddie ‘snitched’ on M and R; ‘My God, what did you do?’ (p56)

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Marco spits in Eddie face (p57) Eddie changes the argument at the end, ignoring the fact (and denying it) that he snitched on R and M, but demands an apology from M for spitting in his face in public