A View From The Bridge Quotes

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"Quotation: "It may not sound like much, but for me, it was a freedom I had rarely known"(Albom 42).
Context: The Blue Man is explaining to Eddie why Ruby Pier is his Heaven and not Eddie's." The Blue Man explains to Eddie that everyone's Heaven is a different place. Heaven is whatever place made someone the happiest in their life. For the Blue Man, even though people were scared of him, Heaven is Ruby Pier because it gave him a place where he felt free, and for that reason, he loved it.
"Quotation: "That's the way Heaven is. You get to make sense of your yesterdays"(92).
Context: The Captain is saying that Heaven (for him) is making sense of what happened in his life." The Captain was killed when he stepped on a land mine in the Philippines. He explains to Eddies that for him, Heaven is "making sense of [his] life"(92). This
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Eddie lost all love for his father when he wouldn't even speak to Eddie on his deathbed. Eddie then found out why his father wasn't speaking and forgave him, even though his father couldn't hear him. This keeps consistent with the theme of love because even though Eddie didn't think he could love his father, he ended up forgiving and loving him in Heaven.
"Quotation: "He really loved his wife"(145).
Context: Dominguez is sharing the little bit of information he knows about Eddie's personal life." Eddie loved Marguerite, his wife, more than anything else in life. He loved her so much that even 40-ish years after her death, he apparently shared information about her. This keeps with the theme of Love because Eddie's love for Marguerite was timeless, and he never forgot how much he loved her.
"Quotation: "And Eddie found a certain love with Marguerite, a grateful love, a deep but quiet love, one that he knew, above all else, was

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