How does Miller create dramatic tension between Marco and Eddie at the

How does Miller create dramatic stress between Marco and Eddie at theend of Act One?So farther in the play Marco and Rodolfo have illegally immigrated toAmerica, seeking shelter with their cousin Beatrice and her husbandEddie. Living with them is Catherine, their niece, who falls head overheels in love with Rodolfo. Eddie is not happy, as he is incrediblyoverprotective of Catherine. This overprotectiveness turns tojealousy, which turns into an obsession. At the end of Act One allfive characters are in the living room, sharing a cosy after dinnerchat.At this point of A View From The Bridge Eddie is feeling intenselyjealous of Rodolfo and he doesnt really apprehend why. He talks toAlfieri about it, yet Alfieri seems to immediately understand what isgoing on and just before this scene hints at the bloody outcome ofthis tale. Marco, too, recognizes Eddies feelings for Catherine,though he appears to be the only one in the family who sees it.The premonition in Alfieris soliloquy charte r the audience think. Itmakes them ask question standardised whos going to die? How are they going todie? Why are they going to die? The audience want to know the answersto all of these questions well(p) at the beginning of the play and willstart to guess what will happen, yet they have to pay attention tounderstand what is going on and make predictions.The personalities of the characters greatly affect the tension of thispart of the play. For example, if Marco were not so silent and still,his threat would not be so obvious. When he takes a chair, places itin seem of Eddie, and looks down at it it is a contrast to hisnatural behaviour. Eddie, however, still does not get it, as hebelieves that the worl... ...gland, for example, where the sense of community is muchless, the dramatic tension would not exist. In fact the situationwould probably not have arisen at all. Catherine would have had morefreedom, Eddie and Beatrice would have attended marriage counsellingand well-nigh ali ke(p)ly Marco and Rodolfo could have immigrated legally. Theplay would be quite boring.In conclusion, many things contribute to the tension at the end of ActOne. It would be nearly insufferable to have the same sort of tension ifjust one aspect of the play was changed. The tension would probablyremain but it would be utterly different. It could be more or lesseffective than the way it is now, but I feel it would be more likelythat a master playwright like Arthur Miller would understand what hewas doing, and would try and make the play as dramatic as he could, toget his point across.

Interpersonal Communication Demonstrated in the Movie, One Flew Over Th

Interpersonal Communication Demonstrated in the Movie, One Flew Over The Cuckoos NestCommunication is an essential part of our lives. It is through theprocess of communication that we argon able to make contact, and thus developwho we are in relationship to others. Interpersonal communication is aspecific sign of communication in which the people involved are contactingeach other as persons, and through an ongoing process, defining who theyare for each other.In the future(a) pages, I will explain six concepts related to the study of interpersonal communication. Following each explanation, I will give examples of how each concept is present in the movie, One FlewOver the Cuckoos Nest. In doing so, I hope to show that the conceptsintroduced in interpersonal communication can be applied to our popularlives.Personal versus Impersonal Communication Each twenty-four hour period we engage in various types of communication. Strange as it may sound, each time we speak with someone, we are not necessarily engaging them as a person. Sometimes, we just want to cash a check at the bank or pay for our groceries without creating anything deeper. separate times, we might want to discuss our feelings with a friend or introduce ourselves to someone new.Whatever the case may be, the type of communication that we engage in will be more personal at times, and more impersonal at other times. One way to envision this, is to imagine the communication events of our day lying somewhere on the impersonal--------------- interpersonal continuum. There are five characteristics that distinguish the personal from theimpersonal uniqueness, measurability, choice, reflectiveness, andaddressability. Uniquen... ...nherentlygood or bad, but each serves its declare oneself depending on the context in whichit occurs. Communication involves cues that can be best understood as parts of acontinuum. This continuum ranges from cues that are primarily verbal(words), to mixed(pitch , sound of voice), to primarily nonverbal (facialexpression, gestures, appearance). In any given communication situation,all of these ques work together in the process of negotiating selves. Thisprocess involves constructing and responding to definitions of ourselvesand definitions of the people we are communicating with. Contact and communication is what makes us human. The quality of ourcommunication is directly related to the quality of our lives, bothphysiologically and spiritually. For this reason, learning effectivecommunication skills should be grievous to all of us.