The character of Marco in A View from the BridgeAfter reading Arthur Miller's play "A View from the Bridge", I am convinced that the most surprising character is Marco. He is an Italian immigrant who moved to the United States illegally with his brother Rodolpho to work as a longshoreman, because at the time (the play was written in 1955) his home country, Italy, was going through a severe economic depression due to the economic crisis. outcome of the Second World War. In the play, we are told that Marco's plan is to earn enough money to survive and to be able to send some of that money to his wife and three children in Italy, who are starving. Marco physically resembles the stereotypical Sicilian, with dark skin and dark hair. He is also very strong and could easily "load the entire ship by himself". feature.During the show we can clearly see that the plot helps us develop Marco's character in our imagination. For example, he is an illegal alien and this may give the reader a less honorable view of him and may justify Eddie's action. But the fact that Marco left his family to support them and to save his eldest son who is "chest-sick" (p. 535) makes the reader forget his clandestine stay and elevates his status to that of a hero. In this play, Marco's actions lead us to discover a violent side that he uses on several occasions to defend his honor. For example, when he challenges Eddie to lift... half the paper... and for making fun of Rodolpho. But only in the second act is his character fully exposed and we see his image transform into a rounded character. In this play, Marco is portrayed as the victim, since he didn't do anything to Eddie but still gets arrested. Furthermore, although his brother Rodolfo does well by marrying Catherine, he has no choice but to return to Italy to his starving wife and sick children. This thought, and knowing that Eddie has no regrets about what he did, makes him furious, and at the end of the play he seeks revenge. I believe this play would not be complete without this character. If Marco had not existed, Eddie would have remained alive and unpunished, and this would be in conflict with the very concept of drama that animates these works..