A View from the Brige How is it evident from the beginning of the play that it will end in tragedy? A tragedy within a play script is drama with an unhappy ending but not necessarily death. Without any reference to the play, a tragedy can be a sad event, calamity, serious accident or crime. A View from the Bridge is a tragedy because Eddie has both a serious accident and commits a crime of …showed first 75 words of 1921 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1921 total…in the next act, also revealing the characters that will be at the centre of the action. In conclusion there are clues within A View from the Bridge everywhere from the very beginning that tell the reader and audience that the play is a tragedy. There are few moments in the play when the script suggests otherwise with Alfieri and the character's lines building suspense, tension and a sense of their real feelings left unspoken.