A LooI al A Viev Jvon lIe Bvidge

AulIov|s) ABTHUB B. EFSTEIN

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ABTHUB B. EFSTEIN
A LooI al A Viev Jvon lIe Bvidge
AvlIuv niIIev's oviginaI vevsion oJ A Viev
Jvon
lIe
Bvidge,
a
one-acl
pIa,
Iad ils Nev YovI
pvenieve
on
SeplenIev 29,
1955.
Bvoadva
audiences Iave nevev seen MiIIev's lvo-acl
vevsion,
vIicI
vas
pvoduced
IolI in London and Favis. Because lIe
scvipl
lIal is nov
usuaII puIIisIed
is lIe
vevision,
and since lIis vevision vas lIe one
seIecled Jov
puIIicalion
in lIe slandavd edilion oJ MiIIev's
pIas,1 n
cvilicisn viII
genevaII
cenlev
upon
lIis vevsion as a
vovIing
lexl.
AvaiIaIIe cvilicisn oJ lIe
pIa
is nol exlensive. WIal
connenlav
ve do Iave exisls in lIe naluve oJ vevievs.
ScIoIavI cviliques
ave
scanl:
nosl MiIIev
cvilics, unJovlunaleI,
ave sliII
pveoccuping
lIenseIves vilI
WiII
Lonan. Eddie CavIone
nevils,
I
lIinI,
a sonevIal Iindev
cvilicaI Jale lIan Iis acluaI
deslin
in A Viev
Jvon
lIe
Bvidge.
I
TIe
selling
oJ A Viev
Jvon
lIe
Bvidge
is lIe Bed HooI seclion oJ
BvooIIn, Jacing
seavavd Jvon lIe
BvooIIn Bvidge,
a seclion vIicI
MiIIev
inlinaleI
Inovs. TIe cenlvaI
cIavaclev,
Eddie
CavIone,
is a
BvooIIn IongsIovenan
vIo Iives vilI Iis
viJe, Bealvice,
and Iis
sevenleen-eav-oId niece,
CalIevine
|Iis vavd),
in a lenenenl
IuiIding
in Bed HooI. TIe olIev lvo
najov
cIavaclevs ave Mavco and
BodoIpIo,
Bealvice's IlaIian
cousins,
vIo cone
iIIegaII
lo lIe Uniled Slales and
nove in lo Iive in Eddie's
apavlnenl.
TIe inlvoduclion oJ lIe lvo
suInavines inlo lIe snaII vovId oJ Eddie CavIone sels lIe aclion oJ
lIe
pIa
in nolion.
A Jvane device is used in A Viev
Jvon
lIe
Bvidge
in lIe Jovn oJ a
nodiJied OveeI cIovus. MiIIev cveales
AIJievi,
a vise
neigIIovIood
Iavev
oJ IlaIian
anceslv,
as lIe
engaged
navvalov2 oJ lIe
slov.
In
addilion lo Iis cIovic
voIe,
AIJievi Junclions as Eddie's
conJidanl,
JuvlIev
evidence oJ MiIIev's veIiance
upon
OveeI convenlion. In AIJievi's iniliaI
addvess lo lIe
audience,
il is nade
pevJeclI
cIeav lIal one oJ lIe lIenes
oJ lIe
pIa
is lo Ie nan's veIalion lo secuIav Iav
In lIis
neigIIovIood
lo neel a
Iavev
ov a
pviesl
in lIe slveel is
unIucI.
1
AvlIuv MiIIev's CoIIecled
FIas |Nev YovI, 1957)
.
2
CoIIecled
FIas, p.
47.
1 1 0 ABTHUB B. EFSTEIN
We've
onI lIougIl
oJ in conneclion vilI
disaslevs,
and
lIe'd
valIev nol
gel
loo cIose.
I oJlen lIinI lIal IeIind lIal
suspicious
IillIe nod oJ lIeivs Iie lIvee lIou-
sand
eavs
oJ dislvusl. A
Iavev
neans lIe
Iav,
and in
SiciI,
Jvon vIeve
lIeiv JalIevs
cane,
lIe Iav Ias nol Ieen a
JviendI
idea since lIe OveeIs
veve Iealen.3
AIJievi
goes
on lo
expIain
lIal lIe
peopIe
oJ Bed HooI nol
onI
dislvusl
lIe
Iav,
Iul lIal
essenliaII
lIeiv
Ievilage
is one oJ
pvinilive juslice.
AIJievi's veJevences lo AI
Capone
and FvanIie YaIe slvess lIe vioIenl
Jovns oJ lIe
juslice
lIal once
pvevaiIed duving
lIe Jivsl vaves oJ
IlaIian
innigvalion.
MucI oJ lIe
pIsicaI dangev
oJ Bed HooI Ias
dininisIed,
and
AIJievi leIIs lIe audience I no
Iongev Ieep
a
pisloI
in
n JiIing
caIinel.4
Toda
lIese IlaIian
innigvanls
vIo
peopIe
Bed HooI ave
quile civiIized, quile
Anevican. Nov ve sellIe Jov IaIJ.5 WIal ve
Iave in A Viev
Jvon
lIe
Bvidge, ivonicaII,
is an aclion vIicI invoIves
a
nan,
Eddie
CavIone,
vIo viII nol sellIe Jov IaIJ. His
pvinilive
passions,
nove veniniscenl oJ lIe ancienl anceslovs lo vIon AIJievi
aIIudes in Iis cIovic
nonenls,
adnil no
conpvonise
and lIvov Iin
inlo vioIenl conJIicl vilI Iis niIieu.
AIJievi is a
vonanlic:
Iis veJevences lo
SiciI,
lIe dveaviness oJ Iis
eavs
oJ unvonanlic
IegaI pvaclice,
Iis
Jvequenl
aIIusions lo
anliquil
and lo Iis
Ievilage,
aII
suggesl
lIal MiIIev visIed lo Jvane Iis aclion in
nodevn
BvooIIn
vilI a vonanlic viev oJ lIal aclion
lIvougI
lIe
pevsona
oJ AIJievi. Il is vovlI
noling
lIal
onI
AIJievi sees
anlIing
oJ
Iavgev signiJicance
in Eddie's
lvaged
lIan lIe seIJ-inlevesled vievs oJ
lIe JaniIiaI
pavlicipanls
in il. To lIis exlenl I lIinI Bennis WeiIand is
covvecl in
suggesling
lIal TIis
pIa
is 'a viev Jvon lIe
Ividge'
nol
onI
Iecause ils
selling
is
BvooIIn,
Iul nove
inpovlanlI
Iecause il
lvies lo sIov aII sides oJ lIe silualion Jvon lIe delacIed eninence oJ lIe
exlevnaI oIsevvev. AIJievi is essenliaI lo lIe
pIa
Iecause Ie is lIe
Ividge
Jvon vIicI il is seen.6 As Jav as WeiIand
goes
Ie is
pevceplive: el
Ie
JaiIs lo nole lIal AIJievi's
viev, aIlIougI delacIed,
is
essenliaII
vo-
nanlic. I sIouId aIso IiIe lo
suggesl
lIal il is
IeIpJuI
lo lIinI oJ lIe
vovd
Bvidge
as lIe
Ividge IinIing
nodevn
BvooIIn
vilI ancienl
SiciI,
and
JuvlIevnove,
in lIe
aIslvacl,
lIe
Ividge
oJ Tine.
InleveslingI enougI,
lIis
Ividge
Ielveen
pasl
and
pvesenl
vas
pov-
lvaed vividI I
lIe
oviginaI
Nev YovI
sel,
vIicI slvessed lIe OveeI
3
IIid., p.
379.
*IIid.

IIid.
p
Bennis
WeiIand,
AvlIuv MiIIev
|Nev YovI,
1961
), p.
105.
A LooI al A Viev Jvon lIe Bvidge x x x
inJIuence
upon
lIe
pIa.
Tvo nassive coIunns veve used lo Jvane
|pavaIIeIing
lIe cIovic
Jvane)
lIe
BvooIIn
Iouse in vIicI Eddie Iives.
SIeIelaI in
Jovn,
sIovn oJ
an
inlvusive
adovnnenl,
lIis sel avoided
veaIislic delaiI. Il vas
unJovlunaleI cIanged
in lIe lvo-acl London
and Favis vevsions.
IJ,
as lIe
pIa
seens lo
suggesl,
MiIIev vas inlevesled
in lIe lineIessness oJ Eddie's
lvagic deed,
lIen a sel
enpIasizing
lIal
lineIessness vouId indeed Ie
appvopviale.
I did nol see lIe BvilisI
vevsion,
Iul il is
inlevesling
lo nole lIal
Mavgavel WeIslev,
vIo
did,
Ias connenled
Oone is lIe sense
-
so
inpvessive
lo ne in Nev YovI
-
oJ a
peopIe
oJ
ancienl
Iineage
veIovn on lIe
BvooIIn valevJvonl, el
sliII lIe
pve
oJ
lIose
snoIdeving
Iuvied
passions
vIicI
vvougIl
lIe CIassic
lvagedies.
TIe
dnanile
is nol
Iess,
Iul lIe scaIe is snaIIev.7
AIlIougI
MiIIev deJends Iis
cIange
lo a nove veaIislic sel on lIe Iasis
oJ
naIing
Eddie's sociaI conlexl
cIeavev,8
no JuvlIev
cIavil acluaII
enevges.
In
essence, MiIIev,
in Iis
allenpl
lo
povlva
nove
vividI
a
veaIislic
niIieu,
dininisIed lIe
univevsaIil
oJ Iis lIene and lIe
nlI-
IiIe
alnospIeve
oJ Iis
piece.
Mosl oIvious oJ aII lIe
cIanges,
oJ
couvse,
is lIe division inlo lvo
acls.9 TIis Iuvls lIe
pIa:
lIe
pvopeIIing
Jovce oJ Eddie's oIsessive
novenenl lovavd seIJ-deslvuclion is
inlevvupled
and Iessens lIe
povev
and
spivaIing inlensil
oJ lIe vovI.
In addilion lo lIe
cIange
in sel and lIe division inlo lvo
acls,
MiIIev Ias nade anolIev
cIange
lIal
I
and
Iavge
veaIens Iis
oviginaI
vevsion. One oJ lIe
slvenglIs
oJ lIe one-acl vevsion vas lIe nove eJ-
Jeclive use oJ lIe navvalov. Oood
evening.
WeIcone lo lIe
lIealev,
AIJievi
gveeled
Iis audience. TIis is lIe end oJ lIe
slov.
Oood
nigIl,
veve Iis JinaI vovds. TIis
vepvesenlalionaI device,
vIicI
deIiIevaleI
Jvaned lIe
pIa
as a
pIa,
is aIsenl in lIe vevised vevsion. SucI a
diJJevence in
vepvesenlalion na
seen ninov al Jivsl
gIance:
Iul con-
sidev lIal AIJievi navvales and
pavlicipales
in a laIe vIose
povev
is
posiliveI slunning:
lo
snap
lIe lIvead oJ audience
invoIvenenl,
as vas
7
Mavgavel WeIslev,
A LooI al lIe London
Season,
TIealve
Avls,
7LI
|Ma,
1957),
29.
8
CoIIecled
FIas, pp.
50-51.
9
TIis Iecane
necessav,
MiIIev
expIains
in lIe
papevIacI
edilion oJ lIe
pIa,
Iecause oJ lIe
expansion
oJ Bealvice's voIe. TIis accounls Jov aInosl aII oJ lIe
addilionaI
diaIogue,
oJ vIicI
Mavgavel
WeIslev oIsevved aJlev
coveving
lIe
pIa's
London
pvenieve
TIis
[4
Viev
Jvon
lIe
Bvidge]
Ias Ieen
expanded I
aIoul
lvenl
ninules oJ nev
diaIogue,
nosl oJ vIicI seened lo ne lo Ie
dolling
i's
and
cvossing l's,
and is
spIil
in IaIJ
I
a
Iong inlevvaI,
nucI lo ils delvinenl. See
WeIslev,
A LooI al lIe London
Season,
TIealve
Avls,
7LI
|Ma, 1957),
28-29.
1 1 2 ABTHUB B. EFSTEIN
lIe case in lIe
oviginaI vevsion,
vilI a casuaI Oood
nigIl,
is a
lIealvicaI louv de Jovce.
FscIoIogicaII,
MiIIev's aIlevalion vas un-
sound.10
In Iis vevised
FvoIogue
lo lIe
lvaged,
AIJievi vonanlicizes and vaxes
noslaIgic

... in CaIaIvia
pevIaps
ov on lIe cIiJJ al
Svacuse,
anolIev
Iavev, quile
diJJevenlI dvessed,
Ieavd lIe sane
conpIainl
and sal lIeve as
povevIess
as
I,
and valcIed il vun ils
IIood
couvse.11
Tvo
poinls
sIouId Ie nade Ieve. TIis
passage slvesses, Jivsl,
lIe line-
Iessness oJ Eddie's
lvaged
and lIe Iunan
condilion,
and
second,
lIe
inevilaIiIil
oJ lIe
Iappenings
lIe audience is aIoul lo see
pvesenled
on
lIe
slage.
In lIe
FvoIogue
lIe audience is
pvepaved
Jov vioIence. Be-
pealedI lIvougIoul
lIe
pIa
AIJievi slvesses Iis
povevIessness
lo IaIl
lIe novenenls oJ Eddie's
palI
lovavd disaslev. And oJ couvse lIe
ivon
invoIved is lIal ve
loo,
lIe
audience,
sIaII sil as dunIJounded and
povevIess
lo
slop
Eddie CavIone Jvon seIJ-deslvuclion as AIJievi. MiIIev
connenls
upon
lIis enolionaI veaclion oJ lIe audience
I vanled lIe audience lo JeeI lovavd il
[lIe slov]
as I Iad on
Ieaving
il Jov
lIe Jivsl line
-
nol so nucI vilI Ieavl-
vvinging snpalI
as vilI vondev.
Fov vIen il vas loId lo ne I Inev ils
ending
a Jev ninules aJlev lIe leIIev
Iad
Iegun
lo
speaI.
I vanled lo cveale
suspense
Iul nol
I vilIIoIding
inJovnalion. Il nusl Ie
suspenseJuI
Iecause one Inev loo veII Iov il vouId
cone
oul,
so lIal lIe Iasic
JeeIing
vouId Ie lIe desive lo
slop
lIis nan and
leII Iin vIal Ie vas
veaII doing
lo Iis IiJe.12
Eddie's suIIininaI incesluous Iove Jov CalIevine exisls
pviov
lo Bo-
doIpIo's appeavance.
CalIevine is caulioned aIoul Iev vaIIin'
vav,
and lIe IooIs lIe IocaI
cand-slove covIos give
Iev. UnliI
BodoIpIo
lIe lIveal oJ sexuaI vivaIs is venole
-
lIe
vivaIv
does nol inlvude inlo
Eddie's IouseIoId. UnliI lIe avvivaI oJ lIe IIond
suInavine,
naIe
doninance in Iis ovn Iouse is
uncIaIIenged. UndevIing
Eddie's Jeav
oJ sexuaI vivaIs is
suspicion
:
Ie is
IasicaII
dislvuslJuI oJ olIev
peopIe,
and lIis is one oJ lIe
najov
diJJevences Ielveen Iin and CalIevine and
Bealvice. TIis cenlvaI noliJ oJ
suspicion
is iIIuninaled in a convevsalion
lIal Jocuses
upon
CalIevine's
veceiving
Eddie's veIuclanl
pevnission
lo
10
One
cIange
Jvon lIe
oviginaI
is
advanlageous.
Eddie no
Iongev
is lIe
pavenl
oJ lvo cIiIdven. CIiIdIessness inlensiJies Iis
passion
Jov
CalIevine:
sIe is in Jacl
Iis
onI IaI,
and lIis
cIange
naIes Iis diIenna nove
piliaIIe.
WilIoul CalI-
evine Ie vouId Ie IeJl
lvuI
cIiIdIess and
IoneI,
and Iis
anguisI
is
lIeveI nag-
niJied.
7A
L/Oueciea
nas, p.
o/v.
12
Fvon AvlIuv MiIIevs inlvoduclion lo lIe
papevIacI
edilion ol A Viev
Jvon
lIe
Bvidge |Nev YovI, 1960), p.
vii.
A LooI al A Viev Jvon lIe Bvidge x x
3
vovI as a
slenogvapIev
in a
pIunIing Jaclov. Conpave
lIe
poIav
vievpoinls expvessed
in lIe advice
given
lo CalIevine
I
Eddie and
Bealvice
eddie I
onI
asI
ou
one
lIing
-
don'l lvusl
noIod.
You
gol
a
good
aunl
Iul sIe's
gol
loo
Iig
a
Ieavl, ou
Ieavned Iad Jvon Iev. BeIieve ne.
Bealvice Be lIe
va ou ave, Kalie,
don'l Iislen lo Iin.13
TIis
suspicion
and caulion
IeIp
lo
expIain
Eddie's allilude lovavd
Iiding
lIe lvo suInavines. Eddie denands oJ CalIevine and Bealvice
conpIele
siIence. In
vecounling
lIe
slov
oJ
Vinn BoIzano,
a
Io
vIo
inJovned on Iis suInavine
uncIe,
MiIIev eslaIIisIes lIe lviIaI allilude
oJ lIe IlaIian
innigvanls
vIo
peopIe
Bed HooI lovavd an inJovnev.
TIe
Io
vas sel
upon I
Iis ovn
JaniI,
vas
dvagged I
Iis Jeel vilI
Iis Iead
Ianging againsl
lIe
slaivs,
inlo lIe
slveel,
and vas nevev
Ieavd Jvon
again. InJovning,
lIe
unJovgivaIIe
sin oJ
IelvaaI,
is
punisIaIIe I oslvacisn, expuIsion
Jvon lIe lviIe. Eddie's navvalion oJ
lIe civcunslances oJ
Vinn
BoIzano's
slov dvanalicaII
JovesIadovs
Iis ovn Jale aJlev Ie is
siniIavI guiIl
oJ
IelvaaI.
Il is ivonic lIal lIe
BoIzano
slov
is Jivsl nenlioned
I Eddie:
MiIIev lIus undevscoves Jvon
lIe
Ieginning
Eddie's Ieen avaveness oJ lIe code oJ
juslice
in lIe
poIis
oJ vIicI Ie is a
pavl. Bespile
lIis unvvillen
neigIIovIood Iav,
Ie
evenluaII
luvns inJovnev. His
IelvaaI
is evidence oJ lIe
inlensil
oJ
Iis
passion
Jov CalIevine and lIe
unsvevving
diveclion oJ Iis oIsessive
Iove Jov Iev.
II
Cvilics Iave
conpIeleI ovevIooIed, evidenlI vieving
il as
puveI
vepvesenlalionaI, BodoIpIo's singing
oJ
Fapev BoII,
excepl
lo indicale
lIal Mavlin
Bill,
lIe
slage
diveclov oJ lIe Nev YovI
pvoduclion,
caugIl
lIe salive oJ IlaIian
singevs
vIo
consciousI
inilale lIe
singing
slIe
oJ Anevican cvoonevs.14
Hovevev,
vIal is nucI nove cvuciaI is
lIal,
IiIe
nan
oJ lIe
songs
in
SIaIespeave's pIas,
lIe
Ivics
oJ
Fapev
BoII in A Viev
Jvon
lIe
Bvidge
iIIuninale lIe diIenna oJ lIe
lvagic
Ievo.
Quile cIeavI,
AvlIuv
MiIIev,
vIo couId Iave seIecled
an
oJ a
pIelIova
oJ Tin Fan
AIIe Javoviles,
cIose
Fapev
BoII Jov deJinile
veasons. TIe
Ivics expIain
Iis cIoice
I'II leII
ou Ios
il's
lougI
lo Ie
aIone,
And il's
lougI
lo Iove a doII lIal's nol
ouv
ovn.
I'n
lIvougI
vilI aII oJ
lIen,
13
CoIIecled
FIas, pp.
386-387.
14
Henv Heves, Bvoadva Foslscvipl
BealI oJ a
LongsIovenan, Saluvda
Beviev,
777VIII
|OcloIev 15, 1955),
26.
1
14
ABTHUB B. EFSTEIN
I'II nevev JaII
again,
He, Io,
vIal
ou gonna
do?
I'n
gonna Iu
a
papev
doII lIal I can caII
n ovn,
A doII lIal olIev
JeIIovs
cannol sleaI
|Eddie
vises and noves
upslage.)
And lIen lIose
JIivl, JIivl gus
WilI lIeiv
JIivl, JIivl ees
WiII Iave lo JIivl vilI doIIies lIal ave veaI
-
15
TIe doninanl lIene oJ lIe
Ivic
is lIal lIe
singev
is
going
lo
Iu
a
papev
doII lIal olIev JeIIovs cannol
sleaI:
in olIev
vovds,
an
oIjecl
oJ
Iove vIicI viII oIviale lIe
possiIiIil
oJ
vivaIv
and lIeJl. TIe veIevance
lo Eddie CavIone is
slviIing. TIvougIoul
lIe
pIa |vIicI incidenlaII
is inlevvoven vilI
inagev
oJ
lIievev)
Eddie
vepealedI
accuses Bo-
doIpIo
oJ
Iaving
sloIen CalIevine Jvon Iin ov aIIudes lo il. CalIevine
is Eddie's
papev
doII.
BodoIpIo
is lIe
JIivl, JIivl gu,
and lIe inlevesl-
ing
Jacl lIal lIe
singev
inlends lo
Iu
a
papev
doII
pavaIIeIs exaclI
Eddie's allilude lIal Ie Ias a Iasic
vigIl
lo conlvoI CalIevine's aclions
Iecause oJ lIe enovnous
pevsonaI
sacviJices Ie Ias nade in ovdev lo
vaise Iev
I vovIed IiIe a
dog lvenl eavs
so a
punI
couId Iave
Iev,
so lIal's vIal I
done. I
nean,
in lIe vovsl
lines,
in lIe
vovsl,
vIen lIeve vasn'l a
sIip
conin' in lIe
IavIov,
I didn'l sland avound IooIin' Jov veIieJ
-
I IuslIed.
WIen lIeve vas
enpl pievs
in
BvooIIn
I venl lo
HoIoIen,
Slalen
IsIand,
lIe Wesl
Side, Jevse,
aII ovev
-
Iecause I nade a
pvonise.
I looI oul oJ
n
ovn noulI lo
give
lo Iev. I looI oul oJ
n
viJe's noulI. I vaIIed
Iungv
pIenl das
in lIis
cil!16
Eddie's
IosliIil
lovavd
BodoIpIo
is veveaIed in Iis
lIinI
veiIed
suggeslion
oJ Iis
suspicion
oJ
BodoIpIo'
s
IonosexuaIil,
Jivsl nenlioned
lo Bealvice. Nevev concvele in Iis
accusalion,
lIe cIosesl Eddie cones
lo
speciJic
idenliJicalion is lo IaIeI
BodoIpIo
a veivd.17
Queev,
lIe
nove connon
pejovalive
Jov a
IonosexuaI,
couId
easiI
Iave Ieen
used
I MiIIev,18
Iul lIe seIeclion oJ lIe vovd veivd suIliIizes
Eddie's
suggeslion
and is nove
appvopviale
lo lIe lexluve oJ
sIadov
innuendo in vIicI Ie is
vovIing. BodoIpIo,
ve and Bealvice ave
inJovned,
is nov Inovn
I
Eddie's
IongsIovenan paIs
as
Fapev
BoII
. . .
Canav.19
He does a
veguIav
Jvee
sIov:
and il is
unnecessav,
I
15
CoIIecled
FIas, p.
396. WilI lIe
exceplion
oJ MiIIev's ilaIicized
slage
divec-
lions,
lIe ilaIics ave nine.
16
IIid., p.
404-410.
17
IIid., p.
38.
18
OevaId WeaIes in a diJJevenl conlexl Ias
IvieJI
noled Eddie s avoidance oJ
lIe vovd
queev.
See Iis AvlIuv MiIIev Man and His
Inage,
TuIane Bvana
Beviev,
VU
|FaII, 1962),
175.
19
CoIIecled
FIas, p.
398.
A LooI al A Viev Jvon lIe Bvidge x
15
lIinI,
lo IeIaIov lIe sexuaI ovevlones oJ lIis
pIvase.
His Iaiv is
vacI
. . . Ie's IiIe a cIovus
givI
ov
sunp'n,20
Eddie leIIs us. In lIis
diaIogue
Eddie is lIe
accusev, naIing sI, danaging suggeslions,
vIiIe Bealvice
allenpls
lo deJend
BodoIpIo againsl
sucI innuendoes and lo disniss
lIeiv veIevance. Sel in
slviIing juxlaposilion
lo lIis scene is lIe JoIIov-
ing
vilI Eddie and Iis
Jviends,
Louis and MiIe. A suvJace
gIance
veveaIs ils conic veIieJ. Bul lIeve is
sonelIing
nove.
AcluaII
vIal
MiIIev Ias done
|again
veniniscenl oJ
SIaIespeave's
use oJ conic
scenes)
is lo iIIuninale lIe eavIiev scene
I vevevsing
Eddie's voIe. In
Iis
neeling
vilI Louis and
MiIe,
il is Eddie vIo is
pIaced
in lIe
unconJovlaIIe
posilion
oJ
deJending BodoIpIo againsl
lIe sane innu-
endoes nov
Ieing
IeveIed al Iin
I
MiIe and Louis. TIis Ias
gone
conpIeleI
unnoled
I
cvilics. Nolice lIe
slviIing siniIavil
Ielveen
Bealvice's and Eddie's
Ianguage
in
lving
lo
expIain BodoIpIo's
odd
IeIaviov on lIe valevJvonl
pievs

Bealvice
[lo Eddie] WeII,
Ie's a
Iid:
Ie don'l Inov Iov lo IeIave Iin-
seIJ
el.21
Eddie
[lo
Louis and
MiIe] YeaI,
I Inov. Bul Ie's a Iid
el, 'Inov?
He
-
Ie's
jusl
a
Iid,
lIal's aII.22
An ecIo oJ Bealvice's vovds. An ivonic vevevsaI oJ voIes. FuvlIevnove
il is
MiIe,
in lIe conic
scene,
vIo assunes Eddie's voIe oJ lIe insinu-
alov in lIe
pvevious
scene. Nol
onI
does lIis scene
IeIp
lo iIIuninale
lIvougI coned
and
juxlaposilion
lIe eavIiev scene and
IeIp
lo eslaIIisI
lIe disconJovl oJ Eddie's
diIenna,
Iul il Iends cvedence lo Eddie's
suspicion
lIal
BodoIpIo
is a IonosexuaI
I Iullvessing lIvougI vepve-
senlalion lIe veaclions oJ Eddie's
paIs
lo
BodoIpIo,
veaclions vIicI
Eddie Iad
jusl
descviIed lo Bealvice in lIe
pvevious
scene. Il seens lo
ne lo Ie one oJ lIe
najov
deJiciencies oJ lIe cvilicisn oJ A Viev
Jvon
lIe
Bvidge
lIal no
vecognilion
Ias Ieen nade oJ MiIIev's
aIundanlI
cIeav
allenpl
lo naIe sone case Jov Eddie's IeIaviov. Eddie's veaclion
lo
BodoIpIo
is nol as
isoIaled,
as Iizavve and
nonslvous,
as lIe cvilics
suggesl.23
On lIe
conlvav,
ve Iave seen
|and
I sIaII Ialev
poinl
oul
addilionaI lexluaI
evidence)
lIal olIev cIavaclevs in lIe
pIa, naneI,
Eddie's
IongsIovenan paIs
-
vIose
IacIgvound
is siniIav lo Eddie's
and vIose vievs ave nol dislovled
I
incesluous desive Jov CalIevine
-
20
IIid.
21
IIid.
22
IIid.,
p.
400.
23
OJ aII lIe
pIa's vevievevs, onI
Evic
BenlIe
Ias
vecognized
MiIIev's an-
Iiguil concevning
lIe Jacl lIal
BodoIpIo na
Ie a IonosexuaI . . . ve don'l
JeeI suve lIe accusalion is JaIse. See
TIealve,
Nev
BepuIIic,
C777III
|Be-
cenIev
19, 1955),
22.
1 1 6 ABTHUB B. EFSTEIN
aIso vead
BodoIpIo
as a veivd. Eddie
CavIone,
as AvlIuv MiIIev Ias
caveJuII
cvealed
Iin,
is nol isoIaled in Iis veaclions lo
BodoIpIo.
Eddie's
neelings
vilI Iis
conJidanl, AIJievi, pvovide
a cIosev IooI inlo
Eddie's
pvivale
vovId. TIe
suggeslion
lIal
BodoIpIo
is a
IonosexuaI,
vIicI Ie nevev naIes
concveleI
lo
Bealvice,
is nove
diveclI
slaled lo
AIJievi
|aIlIougI
lIe vovd IonosexuaI is nevev
used).
TIe
jiIes
oJ
Eddie's
peevs
ave veveaIed as Ie
allenpls
lo conslvucl a case
againsl
BodoIpIo
lo convince AIJievi lIal lIe
oung
suInavine is a IonosexuaI.
WIal
enevges
as a cenlvaI issue in lIis scene is lIal undev lIe vvillen
Iav Eddie CavIone Ias no vecouvse even iJ Iis accusalion is lvue.
Eddie's accusalion veveaIs a nind lovluved
I
lIe Jeav lIal Ie is aIoul
lo Iose
CalIevine,
and Iis dislvess is
conpounded I
Iis
suspicion
lIal
BodoIpIo
is a IonosexuaI. Yel lIis
suspicion, ivonicaII, pvovides
Eddie
vilI a
seeningI
innocenl nolive Jov
opposing
lIe
navviage
oJ CalIev-
ine and
BodoIpIo.
Eddie's accusalion oJ invevsion is lIe Joundalion
upon
vIicI Ie
allenpls
lo slvucluve a case
againsl BodoIpIo.
His
eJJovls lo enIisl lIe assislance oJ AIJievi on Iis IeIaIJ ave Iased
upon
convincing
AIJievi oJ
BodoIpIo's IonosexuaIil
-
oJ
convincing
AIJievi
lIal
BodoIpIo
ain'l
vigIl.
TIe zeaI vilI vIicI Ie laIes
up
Iis
IosliIil
lo
BodoIpIo
exlevnaIizes lIe
inlensil
oJ Iis ovn
passion
Jov
CalIevine,
and oIviales
an necessil
Jov seIJ-exaninalion vIicI
nigIl
expose
lIis
undevIing passion
-
an
exposuve
Eddie is unaIIe lo Jace.
Wilness,
Jov
exanpIe,
Eddie's Iovvov vIen Bealvice conJvonls Iin al
lIe end oJ lIe
pIa
vilI an
open
decIavalion oJ Iis suIconscious
JeeIings
Jov Iis niece
Eddie, cving
oul in
agon
TIal's vIal
ou
lIinI oJ ne
-
lIal I vouId
Iave sucI a
lIougIl?
His
Jisls
cIencI Iis Iead as
lIougI
il viII Iuvsl.2*
And, siniIavI, duving
Iis Jivsl inlevviev vilI
AIJievi,
Eddie veacls
JuviousI
lo AIJievi's
suggeslion
lIal Ie
na
vanl CalIevine Jov IinseIJ
WIal've
ou
laIIin'
aIoul, navv
ne! I don'l Inov vIal lIe IeII
ou've
laIIin' aIoul!25
AIJievi,
vilI
sagacil
and
insigIl,
veaIizes lIal lIe veaI
pvoIIen
in-
voIved is Eddie's excessive Iove Jov CalIevine
You
Inov,
sonelines Ood nixes
up
lIe
peopIe.
We aII Iove
soneIod,
lIe
viJe,
lIe Iids
-
evev
nan's
gol soneIod
lIal Ie
Ioves,
IeI? Bul sone-
lines . . . lIeve's loo nucI. You Inov? TIeve's loo
nucI,
and il
goes
vIeve il nusln'l.26
AIJievi
suggesls
lIal lIis excess oJ Iove
|and
AIJievi nevev
cIaIIenges
24
CoIIecled
FIas, p.
438.
IIid. p.
410.
26
IIid., p.
409.
A LooI al A Viev Jvon lIe Bvidge x x

Eddie's
genuine pvoleclive
Iove Jov
CalIevine) na Iegin
lo ovevJIov in
unnaluvaI diveclions.
Lav,
AIJievi
expIains
lo
Eddie,
is
neveI
a codiJi-
calion oJ vIal is naluvaI and Ias a
vigIl
lo
Iappen.
Eddie's Jvuslvalion
in
Ieavning
lIal lIe Iav is uninlevesled in Iis case
againsl BodoIpIo
IveaIs
lIvougI
in an
inpassioned speecI
vIicI ecIoes lIe lIene oJ
Fapev
BoII
And nov I
golla
sil in
n
ovn Iouse and IooI al a son-oJ-a-IilcI
punI
IiIe lIal
-
vIicI Ie cane oul oJ novIeve! I
give
Iin
n
Iouse lo
sIeep!
I
laIe lIe IIanIels oJJ
n
Ied Jov
Iin,
and Ie laIes and
puls
Iis
divl JiIlI
Iands on Iev IiIe a
goddan lIieJ!27
Lel us Iislen
again
lo lIose
aII-inpovlanl Ivics
I'n
gonna Iu
a
papev
doII lIal I can caII
n
ovn.
/
A doII lIal olIev JeIIovs cannol
sleaI. And nov Eddie
cving
lo AIJievi He's
sleaIing
Jvon ne!28
TIe
voIIev noliJ,
lIe
inagev
oJ
lIievev
in Eddie's
anguisIed speecI
and in lIe
Ivics
oJ
Fapev BoII,
is
cIeavI
nol accidenlaI.
SnIoIicaII,
AIJievi
|Beason)
is conlvasled vilI Eddie
|Fassion):
Eddie is a nan
govevned I
Iis
passions,
and in A Viev
Jvon
lIe
Bvidge
MiIIev is
sIoving
us lIe deJiciencies oJ an
inpuIsive
nan vIo
opevales
vilIoul lIe nodevalion
inposed I
veason.
Yel,
one oJ lIe
eIenenlaI ivonies oJ lIe
pIa
is lIal
AIJievi,
a
snIoI
oJ valionaI
lIougIl,
a nan oJ
IegaI lvaining,
ovdeved
pvoceduve, visdon,
and Iasic nalive
inleIIigence,
is aIso
povevIess
lo
slop
lIe
onvusIing
lide and
sveep
oJ
lIe IovviIIe evenls in lIis
pIa.
AIJievi veaIizes lIe diveclion in vIicI
Eddie is
Ieading,
Iul is
puzzIed I
Iis ovn
inaIiIil
lo IaIl Iin. His
onI gesluve
is lo
consuIl,
in an adnission oJ
pevsonaI IeIpIessness,
a
cevlain oId
Iad
in lIe
neigIIovIood,
a
vev
vise oId vonan
|a
pvaclice
connon
anong nan
cIannisI
socielies),
and is loId lo
Fva
Jov Iin.29 TIe vvillen
Iav,
nan's ovn
Iav,
is
inadequale Ieve,
MiIIev
seens lo Ie
saing.
Eddie CavIone's Jale is in lIe Iands oJ lIe Oods.
Hov nucI IiIe OveeI
lvaged
!
III
EavIiev I nenlioned lIal lIeve is addilionaI evidence lo
suppovl
Eddie's viev lIal
BodoIpIo
is a
IonosexuaI,
evidence vIicI
suggesls
lIal nol
onI
Eddie lIinIs
BodoIpIo
is a IonosexuaI.
Eddie, vecaII,
visils AIJievi aJlev lIe Janous scene in vIicI Ie seizes
BodoIpIo and,
in Jvonl oJ
CalIevine,
Iisses Iin.30
AIJievi,
vIo lvies lo dissuade Eddie
27
IIid., p.
410. IlaIics nine.
28
IIid.
29
IIid.
.
30
Il is nolaIIe lIal MiIIev veIies
upon
lvansIalaIIe
pIsicaI
aclion
-
nol dia-
Iogue
-
lo
vepvesenl
Eddie's
conlenpl
Jov
BodoIpIo.
An eavIiev inslance oJ aclion
lo
vepvesenl passion
occuvs in lIe scene in vIicI Eddie
pvoposes
lo leacI BodoI-
1 1 8 ABTHUB B. EFSTEIN
Jvon
inJovning
and senses lIal Ie is nov so
incIined,
sIouls lo Eddie
aJlev an inlevviev You von'l Iave a Jviend in lIe
vovId,
Eddie!
Even lIose vIo undevsland viII luvn
againsl ou,
even lIe ones vIo
JeeI
lIe sane viII
despise ou
!31
Bespile
lIe Jacl lIal Ie
vecognizes
lIe
lIougIlIessness
oJ Eddie's ac-
lion,
AIJievi is nevevlIeIess
unnislaIaII
avave lIal
olIevs, naneI
Ed-
die's JeIIov
IongsIovenen,
aIso
suspecl
lIal
BodoIpIo
is a IonosexuaI.
Moveovev,
lIe scene vilI Eddie and Iis
Jviends,
Louis and
MiIe,
is in-
slvuclive Ieve in
poinling up
lIal olIevs Iesides Eddie sIave Iis
suspi-
cions aIoul
BodoIpIo.
TIe diclion and lIe lenov oJ lIe
diaIogue cIeavI
suggesl
lIal lIe
IongsIovenen,
oJ vIon Louis and MiIe ave
vepvesenla-
live,
vespond
lo
BodoIpIo
as does Eddie. In lIe convevsalion oulside Ed-
die's
Iouse,
Jov
inslance,
Louis and
MiIe,
aJlev
expvessing
anazenenl al
Mavco's nascuIine
slvenglI,
conJivn Eddie in Iis
suspicions.
Innedi-
aleI JoIIoving
lIeiv vovds aIoul
Mavco,
ve Iave lIis
gIaving
conlvasl
niIe,
gvinning
TIal IIond
one, lIougI
-
Eddie IooIs al Iin. He's
gol
a
sense oJ Iunov. Louis snicIevs.32
MiIIev is caveJuI lo nole lIal MiIe's vovds aIoul lIe IIond one ave
Jvaned vilI a
gvin,
and lIal Louis lIen
snicIevs,
a diveclion lIal
signiJicanlI
veveaIs lIal
sonelIing
is
Ieing
vilIIeId in lIis convevsa-
lion. TIe cIavaclev oJ vIal MiIe Ias lo
sa
lo
Eddie,
veinJovced
I
Louis'
vesponse,
does nol indicale an
appvecialion
oJ
BodoIpIo's
Iunov
pev
se
:
on lIe
conlvav,
MiIe's vovds veJev lo lIe
oung
suInavine's
odd IeIaviov on lIe valevJvonl.
Conlinuing,
MiIe veIales lo Eddie in
a Jil oJ
IslevicaI IaugIlev
You laIe one IooI al Iin
-
evevIod's
Iapp.33
One
da
vIiIe
vovIing
vilI
BodoIpIo
al lIe Moove Mac-
CovnacI
Line,
lIe olIev
IongsIovenen
vas aII
IslevicaI.34
MiIIev's
slage
diveclions
JoIIoving
lIese vovds sIouId nol Ie
negIecled
Louis
and Ie
[MiIe] expIode
in
IaugIlev35 FuvlIevnove,
il is vovlI
noling
pIo
Iov lo Iox. TIis
JigIl
scene aIso eslaIIisIes lIe
pIa's
vendella noliJ. AJlev
Eddie
slaggevs BodoIpIo, Mavco, genevaII velicenl,
avises and
cIaIIenges
Eddie
lo IiJl a cIaiv
I
one oJ ils Jvonl
Iegs,
a Jeal vIicI Eddie cannol
acconpIisI.
In a
levviJing dispIa
oJ
slvenglI
and
delevninalion,
Mavco vaises lIe cIaiv in a
sn-
IoIic
gesluve
oJ
lviunpI,
and IoIds il as a
veapon
ovev Eddie's Iead.
Slunning
in ils
povev,
lIis scene
diveclI pavaIIeIs
lIe JinaI scene IolI acls concIude vilI
Eddie on Iis Inees IeJove Mavco.
31
CoIIecled
FIas, p.
424. IlaIics nine.
32
IIid.,
p.
4UU.
33
IIid.
**
IIid.
35
IIid.
Buving
Eddie's Jivsl inlevviev vilI
AIJievi,
ve Iave a
leIIing passage
n
vIicI lIe cIavaclev oJ Louis and MiIe's convuIsive
IaugIlev,
vIicI
puncluales
lIe convevsalion aIoul
BodoIpIo,
and ils eJJecl
upon
Eddie's nind ave
novingI
A LooI al A Viev Jvon lIe Bvidge x
ig
lIal
Eddie,
MiIIev leIIs
us,
is TvouIIed
I
lIis convevsalion. In es-
sence,
lIe
signiJicance
oJ lIis scene is lo
soIidiJ
Eddie's
pvivale
sus-
picions
oJ
BodoIpIo's
veivd IeIaviov
I dispIaing
a
puIIic vepvesenla-
lion and conJivnalion oJ lIese
suspicions lIvougI
lIe
pevsonae
oJ Louis
and MiIe.
TIe
vovIing
envivonnenl oJ vIicI Eddie is a
pavl, speciJicaII, Iong-
sIovenen,
consisls oJ a
gvoup
oJ nen vIo
depend
Jov lIeiv IiveIiIood
upon
lIeiv
pIsicaI povev. Loading
and
unIoading cavgo
is
gvueIing,
pIsicaI,
nascuIine IaIov. I
enpIasize
vIal is oIvious Iecause I visI
lo naIe
slviIingI
cIeav lIal
IongsIovenen
vouId
quile naluvaII
associale
pIsicaI
IaIov vilI
nascuIinil. BodoIpIo,
on lIe olIev
Iand,
can
sev, sing |in
a
vev IigI voice, pevIaps
sonevIal
eJJeninale?)
and cooI
-
aII
apliludes
vIicI in lIe ninds oJ
IongsIovenen,
ov Jov
lIal nallev
an vovIing gvoup
vIicI veIies
upon
sIeev nascuIine
pIsicaI povev,
ave associaled vilI
Jenininil. FIainI BodoIpIo
is
nol a IonosexuaI Iecause Ie
sings
in a
IigI
voice and can cooI and
sev. Bul Iecause oJ lIeiv
IacIgvound
and vovI il is undevslandaIIe
lIal Eddie and Iis
peevs vegavd BodoIpIo
as
lIe
do. And lIis is
vI
AIJievi,
vIo
appveciales
lIe
pscIoIog
oJ Iis Bed HooI
cIienls,
can
sa
even lIe ones vIo
JeeI
lIe sane viII
despise ou.
Il is JaIIacious
lo
suggesl
lIal Eddie CavIone is isoIaled in Iis
vesponse
lo
BodoIpIo.
WIal does
JinaII
isoIale Eddie Jvon Iis
connunil
is nol Iis innuen-
does ov even Iis
allenpl
lo
degvade BodoIpIo
in Jvonl oJ CalIevine.
BalIev,
il is Iis ovevl acl oJ
IelvaaI,
oJ
inJovning
lIe
innigvalion
aulIovilies lIal
BodoIpIo
and Mavco ave suInavines.
B
lIis one de-
cisive
acl,
Eddie connils lIe
unJovgivaIIe
sin oJ
inJovning,
vilI lIe
inevilaIIe
consequence
oJ isoIalion Jvon Iis sociaI conlexl.
Fov
IelvaaI,
Mavco's
spilling
in Eddie's Jace is a
snIoIic
nuvdev
vIicI JovesIadovs Iis acl oJ nuvdev al lIe concIusion oJ lIe
pIa.
TIe
spilling, coupIed
vilI a
puIIic
accusalion
|TIal
one! He IiIIed
n
cIiIdven! TIal one sloIe lIe Jood Jvon
n cIiIdven36),
undevscoves
lIe
inagev
oJ lIeJl.
Accovding
lo
Eddie, BodoIpIo
Ias sloIen CalI-
evine
:
Mavco Ias sloIen Eddie's
good
nane.
BaIancing
Eddie's viclin-
izalion,
Mavco JeeIs lIal Eddie Ias sloIen a cIance Jov lIe IiJe oJ Iis
iIIuninaled Jov us eddie Mv.
AIJievi, lIe've IaugIin'
al Iin on lIe
pievs.
I'n
asIaned.
Fapev
BoII
lIe
caII Iin. BIondie nov. His IvolIev lIinIs il's Iecause
Ie's
gol
a sense oJ
Iunov,
see
-
vIicI Ie's
gol
-
Iul lIal ain'l vIal
lIe've IaugI-
in'. WIicI
lIe've
nol
goin'
lo cone oul vilI il Iecause
lIe
Inov Ie's
n
veIa-
live,
vIicI
lIe
Iave lo see ne iJ
lIe
naIe a
cvacI,
'Inov? Bul I Inov vIal
lIe've IaugIin' al,
and vIen I lIinI oJ lIal
gu Iain'
Iis Iands on Iev I couId
-
I nean il's ealin' ne
oul,
Mv.
AIJievi,
Iecause I
slvuggIed
Jov lIal
givI.
See
CoIIecled
FIas, p.
408.
36
CoIIecled
FIas, p.
433.
1 20 ABTHUB B. EFSTEIN
cIiIdven. We
nigIl
aIso nole lIal
aIlIougI
Eddie's
IelvaaI
vas nol
designed
lo nel lIe lvo suInavine
nepIevs
oJ lIe
IulcIev, Lipavi,
IolI
lIe
neigIIovIood
and
Lipavi
condenn and
punisI
Eddie
jusl
as
seveveI
as iJ Eddie's acl Iad Ieen
oviginaII pevpelvaled againsl Lipavi
and Iis
JaniI.
In olIev
vovds,
il is
inconsequenliaI againsl
vIon Eddie in-
Jovns:
lIe acl oJ
inJovning
is vIal is
unJovgivaIIe
and
unJovgellaIIe
in
lIe Bed HooI nind.
Mavco is a
snIoI
oJ
pvinilive juslice.
LiIe
Eddie,
Ie viII nol sellIe
Jov IaIJ. TIe
snIoIic
nuvdev oJ
spilling
in Eddie's Jace does nol
salisJ
Iis
appelile
Jov
vevenge.
As Ie
sas
lo a JeavJuI AIJievi In
n
counlv
Ie vouId Ie dead nov. He vouId nol Iive lIis
Iong.37
Mavco
is a
pvoducl
oJ lIe OId WovId. Nol
quile civiIized,
nol
quile
Anevi-
can,
Ie insisls
upon
a
pvinilive
Jovn oJ
juslice.38 IvonicaII,
Mavco is
as dissalisJied vilI lIe Iav as Eddie. BolI vanl Jvon lIe Iav vIal lIe
Iav Ias nol Ieen
designed
lo
pvovide
-
indiscvininale
punisInenl:
in a
vovd,
velviIulive
juslice.
An
inlevesling pavaIIeI
is evidenl Eddie seeIs
vecouvse lo lIe Iav lo
pvevenl
CalIevine Jvon
navving
soneone vIo
ain'l
vigIl.
WIen vecouvse lo lIe Iav
JaiIs,
Ie inJovns. Mavco loo
vanls Eddie
punisIed
Jov
degvading
Iis
IvolIev, voIIing
Iis
cIiIdven,
nocIing
Iis vovI.
Leavning
lIeve is no Iav Jov
lIal,
Ie
veneges
on Iis
vovd lo AIJievi and
uIlinaleI
IiIIs Eddie. Mavco's code oJ Iav is
pvinilive, punilive juslice.
As Ie laIes Mavco's Iand
|lIe
sane Iand
lIal IeId lIe cIaiv as a
lIvealening veapon)
AIJievi counseIs Iin
TIis is nol
Ood,
Mavco. You Ieav?
OnI
Ood naIes
juslice.39
InleveslingI enougI,
IolI Eddie and Mavco veceive
vavnings
Jvon
AIJievi:
IolI nen
vejecl
Iis advice.
AIJievi,
lIe
vonanlic,
naIes lIe cIeavesl slalenenl oJ aulIoviaI
opin-
ion ve Iave in A Viev
Jvon
lIe
Bvidge.
He
vecognizes
lIe vasle oJ
Eddie's dealI and lIe vioIalion oJ a code oJ Ionov. Bul
AIJievi,
in Iis
EpiIogue JoIIoving
Eddie's
dealI, assigns
a
dignil
lo Eddie's aclion
vIicI vouId olIevvise Ie
anIiguous

I conJess lIal
sonelIing pevvevseI puve
caIIs lo ne Jvon Iis
nenov
-
nol
puveI good,
Iul IinseIJ
puveI,
Jov Ie aIIoved IinseIJ lo Ie
vIoII
Inovn
and Jov lIal I lIinI I viII Iove Iin nove lIan aII
n
sensiIIe cIienls.40
37
IIid.
38
Il is vovlI
noling
Iov
caveJuII
MiIIev Ias dvavn a conlvasl Ielveen Mavco
and
BodoIpIo. CIeavI dislinguisIaIIe
ave Mavco's
pvinilive inlvansigence |Iis
veJusaI lo
Jovgive
Eddie and Iis desive Jov
vevenge) :
Iis
IoaIl
lo lIe OId WovId
|Ie
does nol visI lo Iecone an Anevican
cilizen):
and Iis
pIsicaI
cIavaclevis-
lics
|davI).
In conlvasl ve Iave
BodoIpIo's
civiIized conciIialion lo Eddie
|Ie
apoIogizes
Jov
causing
aII lIe
lvouIIe):
Iis venuncialion oJ
IlaI |Ie
visIes lo
Iecone an Anevican
cilizen) :
and Iis
pIsicaI
cIavaclevislics
|IigIl)
.
39
CoIIecled
FIas, p.
435.
40
IIid., p.
439.
A LooI al A Viev Jvon lIe Bvidge x 2 1
Eddie CavIone is a
lvagic Jiguve,
MiIIev
cIeavI JeeIs,
Iecause in lIe
inlvansigence
oJ Iis aclions lIeve is an
inpIicil JideIil
lo lIe
seIJ,
an
inlegvil
lo one's ovn IeIieJs no nallev Iov
pevvevse lIe na
Ie.
Hovevev
vvong
Ie
na
Iave
Ieen,
and AIJievi is nol unnindJuI oJ
Eddie's
lvagic deed,
Eddie nonelIeIess
puvsues
vIal Ie
vegavds
as a
pvopev
couvse oJ aclion.41 Beason vas aIsenl in Iis
IeIaviov,
Iul lIe
ivon
is lIal
AIJievi,
a
pvoducl
oJ lIe
conpvonising
allilude oJ lIe
IlaIian- Anevican
connunil
oJ Bed HooI
|ve
sellIe Jov
IaIJ),
sliII
Ioves a nan vIo did nol sellIe Jov IaIJ.
AIJievi,
lIe
vonanlic,
adnives lIe
puvil
oJ Eddie's
enolions,
nol lIe
TigIlness
ov
vvongness
oJ lIen.
OJ AIJievi's vevvillen
EpiIogue
in lIe vevised vevsion oJ A Viev
Jvon
lIe
Bvidge
MiIIev Ias lIis lo
sa,
vIicI I lIinI
suggesls
Iov
despevaleI
Ie
vanled lo naIe cIeav lIal Eddie is a
lvagic Jiguve

In
vevising
lIe
pIa
il Iecane
possiIIe
lo
accepl
Jov
nseIJ
lIe
inpIicalion
I Iad
sougIl
lo naIe cIeav in lIe
oviginaI vevsion,
vIicI vas lIal Iovevev
one
nigIl
disIiIe lIis
nan,
vIo does aII sovls oJ
JvigIlJuI lIings,
Ie
pos-
sesses ov
exenpIiJies
lIe vondvous and Iunane Jacl lIal Ie loo can Ie
dviven lo vIal in lIe Iasl
anaIsis
is a sacviJice oJ IinseIJ Jov Iis
conceplion,
Iovevev
nisguided,
oJ
vigIl, dignil,
and
juslice.42
AIlIougI
MiIIev considevs Eddie a
lvagic Jiguve,
Ie nonelIeIess
ap-
pavenlI
Ias nevev Iad
an cIeavI
deJined oulIine oJ lIe enolions
lovavd Eddie vIicI Ie vanled lo eIicil Jvon Iis audience. A
conpavi-
son oJ Iis ovn slalenenls veveaIs lIis
uncevlainl.
In lIe inlvoduclion
lo Iis CoIIecled
FIas,
MiIIev
suggesls
lIal lIe
cIanges
Ie nade in
vevising
lIe
oviginaI
vevsion Iad lIis vesuIl Il vas
JinaII possiIIe
lo
nouvn lIis nan.43 On lIe olIev
Iand,
lIvee
eavs Ialev,
in a nev
inlvoduclion lo lIe
papevIacI vepvinl
oJ lIe
pIa,
MiIIev Iad lIis lo
sa
Eddie is sliII nol a nan lo
veep
ovev.44 MiIIev's
conJusion,
I
lIinI,
is lIe vesuIl oJ Iis
pveoccupalion
vilI lIe novaI eIenenl in
A Viev
Jvon
lIe
Bvidge
valIev lIan
eIiciling speciJic
enolions. TIe
diIenna oJ a nan
-
Eddie
-
Ielvaing
lIe code oJ Iis sociaI niIieu is
oJ
pavanounl consequence
lo
MiIIev,
and is vIal
engages
Iis cvealive
enevg.
His JaiIuve lo
cIaviJ
vIal enolions lIe audience viII JeeI veveaIs
ilseIJ even in lIe slalenenl aIoul Eddie lIal Ie naIes AIJievi deIivev in
lIe
EpiIogue
lo lIe
pIa. AIJievi,
IiIe
MiIIev,
Ias anIivaIenl
JeeIings
41
Bennis WeiIand noles Eddie's novaI
inlvansigence,
and naIes lIe sIvevd
oIsevvalion lIal AIJievi's vevvillen cuvlain
speecI pvevenls
ouv
seeing
Eddie as
lIe aninaI
-
vIicI is vIal Mavco Ias
jusl
caIIed Iin. See AvlIuv
MiIIev, p.
104.
42
CoIIecled
FIas, p.
51.
43
IIid.,
p.
52.
44
A Viev
Jvon
lIe
Bvidge, p.
x.
1 22 ABTHUB B. EFSTEIN
lovavd Eddie And
el,
il is Iellev lo sellIe Jov
IaIJ,
il nusl Ie ! And
so I nouvn Iin
-
I adnil il
-
vilI a cevlain . . .
aIavn.45
Bespile
MiIIev's
vecognilion
oJ Eddie's novaI
JIav,
Ie
|and
I lIinI
lIis is
lpicaI
oJ MiIIev's vision oJ
IiJe)
cannol
ignove
lIe essenliaI Iu-
nanil
oJ Iis cIavaclevs. His JailI in lIe
dignil
oJ nan is vIal Ieaves
Iin unaIIe lo disniss
conpIeleI
lIe
IunanI
JaIIiIIe Eddie CavIone
Jvon lIe vace oJ
Iunanil. FevIaps
Linda's vovds in BealI
oJ
a SaIes-
nan can iIIuninale Jov us vIal MiIIev
veaII
lIinIs oJ Eddie CavIone
I don'l
sa
Ie's a
gveal
nan.
WiII
Lonan
[Eddie CavIone?]
nevev nade
a Iol oJ
none.
His nane vas nevev in lIe
papev.
He's nol lIe Jinesl cIav-
aclev lIal evev Iived. Bul Ie's a Iunan
Ieing,
and a levviIIe
lIing
is
Iap-
pening
lo Iin. So allenlion nusl Ie
paid.
He's nol lo Ie aIIoved lo JaII inlo
Iis
gvave
IiIe an oId
dog. Allenlion,
allenlion nusl Ie
JinaII paid
lo sucI a
pevson.
Univevsil oJ Woning
Lavanie
45
CoIIecled
FIas, p.
439.