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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
Youre walking wavydont aggravate me
E,C
E,B
R,M
E: its an honour
E,B,M,R
B
E,C
Shes seventeen.. you gonna keep her in the houselife E,B,C,
E
Vinny
A guy do a thing like that? Hows 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? Its been almost 3
E, B
months theyre only here a couple of weeks
Louis E, R,M Eddie, you got a lotta credit coming to you
C
E, R
Why dont you talk to him, Eddie? He blesses you, and E,C, R
you dont talk to him hardly
E
C, R
Katie, hes 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 Theres nothing illegal about a girl falling in love with
E,Alf,
an immigrant
E
Alf
I wouldnt 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 dont 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: dont you call him that
R
E
Its 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)
Rodolphos song: Paper Doll (p21)
Eddie of R: hes 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)

Theme relev
L/J, US/Sic
Fam
Hon,fam,man
Rel, fam
Hon, L/J
Fam
Hon
US/Sic
Rel
Hon,man,fam
Rel

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
Youre walking wavydont aggravate me
E,C
Fam
E,B
R,M
E: its an honour
E,B,M,R
Hon,fam,man
B
E,C
Shes seventeen.. you gonna keep her in the houselife E,B,C,
Rel, fam
E
Vinny
A guy do a thing like that? Hows 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? Its been almost 3
E, B
Rel
months theyre 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 dont you talk to him, Eddie? He blesses you, and E,C, R
Rel
you dont talk to him hardly
E
C, R
Katie, hes 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 Theres nothing illegal about a girl falling in love with
E,Alf,
L/J
an immigrant
E
Alf
I wouldnt 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 dont 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: dont you call him that
R
E
Its 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)
Rodolphos song: Paper Doll (p21)
Eddie of R: hes 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)

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