![]() The act break has a great twist, and overall the play makes you feel the slight nausea of the roller coaster. The Italian neighborhood differs from his other work, but other elements are similar: He again features that relentless plotting, the pushing of the drama to its boiling point and then the maintaining of it. ![]() ![]() It's still evident a master is at work, not so much with character but with plot. The play features a narrator, Alfieri, and feels almost like noir, more dated than "All My Sons," "Death of a Salesman” and “The Crucible," which preceded it. The niece falls in love with one of these cousins, and Eddie’s jealousy is awakened. ![]() The plot begins when his wife Beatrice's cousins come from Italy to Brooklyn to work as undocumented/illegal migrants. It centers around Eddie Carbone, who has an inappropriate attachment to his niece and sexual frustration with his devoted wife. A characteristically tightly-constructed drama/tragedy. ![]()
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