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Explain the effects of dialogue, foreshadowing, movement, and stage directions in the passage A View from the Bridge that runs from the stage directions on page 20-"Alone, Eddie stands looking toward the kitchen..." to Eddie's line on page 24- "Sometimes we lay off, there's no ships three four weeks." How do these effects add to the passage's dramatic design or meaning?
This question requires you analyse a particular passage. Identify and interpret the key features of the play. Write a properly structured essay in continuous prose with the use of sub-heading. Ensure that proper citation methods in-text and in list of Works Cited. It should be no more than 1,000 words.
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Analysis of “A view of the Bridge”
Introduction
Dialogue, movements, foreshadowing and stage directions, are critical in a play for
displaying imagery. Dialogue serves a variety of functions in a play; it reveals the characters’
beliefs and personalities, heightens tension, demonstrates characters’ roles and relationship with
each other and most importantly, it helps in the play advancement and theme development.
Foreshowing contributes to giving a warning or a projection of how events might turn out later in
the story (Crow 2011). Movements help to trace the stage and follow the position of characters in
relation to each other as actors shift their positions from one point of the stage to the next. On the
other hand, stage directions help one to understand the layout of the play stage, character’s
personalities before encountering them in the dialogue, shows the movements of characters,
while signs and reactions actors demonstrate the actions or speeches of their counterparts. This
paper seeks to analyze the specific effect of foreshadowing, dialogue, stage directions and
movements in the passage “A view from the Bridge” as the author has demonstrated his prowess
in these devices.
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Stage directions
To begin with, the use of stage directions in the passage helps to create a picture of the
play stage, and any shifting in the stage. From stage directions, it is stated that Eddie, who is
alone, stares at the kitchen where smoke could be seen, checks on his watch and sits in an
armchair (“A view from,“ p.18). From this, one can deduce that Eddie is alone in the stage and
there is a kitchen on one side of the stage. Kitchen symbolizes a place where foods are prepared,
especially by women. It therefore means that Eddie was expecting to have a meal, which was
being prepared by a lady. Elsewhere, stage directions show Marco and Rodolpho entering
accompanied by Tony. Thus, it portrays that there are five characters at that instance (Eddie,
Beatrice, Catherine, Marco, and Rodolpho).
The author has also utilized stage directions in the passage to portray the characters’
personalities before meeting them in ...
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