In "A View from the Bridge", justice and law are not presented as synonyms. The play “A View from the Bridge” by Arthur Miller shows the tragic demise of its protagonist “Eddie Carbone” and towards his demise we are presented with two different but similar concepts; justice and law. Although the two words usually stand side by side, "A view from the Bridge" shows how they are sometimes not synonymous with each other through: belief in law or community values, the American justice system, and l 'analogy of settling for half. The Red Hook community is described by Alfieri as dominated by different ethnic communities, who bring with them different cultural beliefs and values. One of the dominant races within Red Hook is the Sicilian community, and Alfieri conveys the opinion that family honor and respect are also of paramount importance to that community, as is a general lack of confidence in the quality of the system American judiciary. Alfieri states that "justice is very important here", which shows how revenge on others, even if outside the law, fits their cultural values ​​and ethnic beliefs. The old saying “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” gives a great idea of ​​the community's vision of justice. Alfieri is also implying that conflict is inevitable once injustice has been committed as the community is often dissatisfied with the "justice" that the law brings and takes the task of finding this justice into their own hands. Arthur Miller himself was charged with contempt by a US court and was faced with the dilemma of whether to choose to abide by the law, or accept community justice and not snitch on his friends and family. A View from the Bridge criticizes those who "betrayed" innocent people during the McCarthy trials (the ones Arthur Miller was involved in). Arthur Miller chose to write about a community that accepted and protected illegal people because of their beliefs in justice and fairness, which is, in essence, what the law attempts to build upon but ultimately cannot because "All the law is not in a book." When Marco is betrayed by Eddie, he cannot accept the laws established in America and although Alfieri states "there is no other law" outside of "the law", the community has set up "justices" that tell them NOT to report immigrants. This shows how justice and law are against each other.