History from the Bottom in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge

Abstract

"The major thrust of this research is to look at Arthur Miller’s two- act play A View from the Bridge, from the perspective of New Historicism by using an idea and theories of Focault’s. As a researcher, I am trying to see history in terms of character. Although the objective reality that the most of character observe by them is totally different than the subjective reality in which is formed by the number of people without observation or facing the reality but formed with using their own perspective.

Through this text, Miller tries to reflect the history of the history less or voiceless in the destination land. Hetries to show the hidden history and reality of so called American. America seems like magnets, the first which attracts many helpless victims from various corner of the world. But the objective reality of the destination land is totally different than their thinking in the beginning. From these two illegal characters Marco and Rodolpho, author tries to show how the subjective reality of their assumption of America skipped when they face reality. Not only those who are illegal but also the so called American dwelling in native land neither have good job to feed their family . Eddie too does hard works as Marco and Rodolpho do. The real stream reality of the Red hook is totally different than their expectation.Despite of this reality author of this play has mixed somehow his personal life into public as new historicist mentions. Therefore, this play has been influenced by the author’s mentality who himself belonged to resident of America. As mention by Focault here situation after World War Second culture time place and community and personal feelings of author has influenced the play when it has been written."