A View from the
Bridge
Old Law/New Law
By Laona, Chloe, Morven and Nicola
Old Law

The perception of the law in Italy
New Law

The perception of the law in America
Alfieri at the Beginning of the
Play
“A lawyer means the law, and in Sicily, from where
their fathers came, the law has not been a
friendly idea since the Greeks were beaten.”
“Oh, there were many here who were justly shot by
unjust men. Justice is very important here…But
this is Red Hook, not Sicily.”
Eddie at the Beginning of the
Play
“Him? You’ll never see him no more, a guy do a
thing like that? How’s he gonna show his
face?”
“Oh, Jesus, no, I wouldn’t do nothin’ about that,
I mean-”
Marco
“In my country he would be dead by now. He would not
live this long.”
“The law? All the law is not in a book.”
“There is no law for that? Where is the law for that?”
Eddie at the End of the Play
“Give me the number of the Immigration Bureau…I
want to report something. Illegal immigrants. Two
of them.”
“He knows that ain’t right. To do like that? To a
man?...Wipin’ the neighborhood with my name like
a dirty rag! I want my name, Marco.”
Alfieri at the End of the Play
“Most of the time now we settle for half and
I like it better.”
“And so I mourn him – I admit – with a
certain…alarm.”