"A View from the Bridge" is a gritty and edged depiction of frayed and delicate familial relationships as underlying tensions erupt when Eddie Carbonne, a Brooklyn longshoreman has to harbour two undocumented Italian immigrants, his wife's cousins in his house for a few months. This ferments an unwanted relationship between one of the Italians, Rudolpho and his niece, a naive 18-year-old Catherine whom Eddie has an undeclared obsession for. Situations become strained and more difficult between Catherine, Eddie and his wife Beatrice as the wedding day comes. Arthur Miller doesn't shy away from showing the taboo and what is frowned upon in society. He is brutally frank and unafraid in his exploration of complicated family dynamics in a patriarchal society that believes in keeping a girl tethered and safe in a house. The irony is that she's the most at danger in her own home. Like in his other plays Death of a Salesman and All my sons, there's a central father figure or in this case a pseudo father figure, Eddie who is set in his ways and worldview. This proves harmful for himself and others in the end. Miller ventures into the murky waters when he touches on the plight of illegal immigrants in the United States of America which is the driving conflict in this play. There's one scene that really punched me in the gut and left me reeling incredulously in disbelief. The ending is powerful yet anticlimactic. Eddie Carbonne was so obsessed with protecting his name and Catherine whom he wanted to keep a baby forever, that he didn't know when to let her go. This brief play of two acts packs a lot of social commentaries through Eddie's behaviour. How women especially a young unsuspecting woman like Kat can fall prey to unhealthy familial bonds that though formed in times of need and comfort may not be what it seems to be.