'A View From the Bridge' is a play set in Brooklyn in the 1950's, written by Arthur Miller. Manliness, hostility and aggression are very important throughout 'A View From the Bridge'. The play clearly shows how manliness can easily lead to hostility and progress to aggression. The play centers around the Carbone family, who live in Brooklyn, and the arrival of their cousins Marco and Rodolpho, from Italy. Marco and Rodolpho are illegal immigrants seeking the 'American dream', which sets out that wherever you come from in the world, no matter how rich or poor you are, you can always work and make a good living in the industrial boom, in Western America. Unfortunately the 'American dream' only turned out to be true for a small minority of people, and many were left without jobs and food.e says to Catherine: "what's the heels for?". This quote shows that he likes to be Catherine's 'Father figure', although he is not her father, but also shows the audience that in Eddie's eyes Catherine is still a young girl and should not need to be in these shoes. Eddie's protectiveness and ownership of Catherine are viewed as manly qualities.e is not sure that Eddie still love's her. As his relationship with Beatrice is poor at this time and he is not seeing eye to eye with her, Eddie starts to become angered slightly over Beatrice's positive comments about another man.". Eddie is trying to make out that he's feminine, again, and that many people know that too, with the long shore men calling him "Paper Doll" on the ships. This name for Rodolpho is showing him to be weak, childish and very feminine. Eddie also talks to Catherine saying that, in his eyes, Rodolpho is not going out with her, and potentially marrying her for what she is, but to be legally allowed to stay in America. Eddie says to Catherine: "He marries you, he's got the right to be an American citizen", "A hit-and-run guy" "You marry him and the next time you'll see him it'll be for divorce!" Eddie is saying all this...