just a couple of helpful points - themes from 'View From a Bridge'

Justice and law

Alfieri- omniscient lawyer

• different laws, different countries "In my country he'd be dead by now"
• importance of names - Mc Carthy trials (where thousands of Americans were accused of being Communist, and became subject of aggressive investigations)
• Alfieri's logic causes tension - "theres no recourse in the law, eddie"
• irony of getting back where they came from

Love

• Eddie's tragic flaw- "too much love"
• forbidden love, "it's tough to love a doll that's not your own"
• "don't break my heart" Eddie -> Catherine
• possesion, "my B"
• "you want something else Eddie, and you can't have her" Beatrice

Jealousy

• "you think i'm jealous of you honey"…