In today's society, women are empowered, independent and have the freedom to live their lives freely. This is certainly a positive aspect of modern society, but it may not always have been this way. Going back in time to the community of Red Hook in Brooklyn, to the 1950s, we can see the societal expectations of women of the time through Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge. The two female characters, Catherine and Beatrice, play crucial roles in the play and are essential to the tragic story of Eddie and his downfall. However, Arthur Miller skillfully showed the lives and societal expectations of women of the time, and how women should not be treated. Both Catherine and Beatrice face different unique issues, but ultimately, they are treated the same as women. First, we will look at Catherine and Beatrice and their individual roles in the story. After this, the representation of women and femininity in Red Hook during this era will be explored with reference to Catherine and Beatrice. Catherine is 17 years old in this play and growing up to become a woman, while beginning to think independently as we see. in her clothing choices. However, Eddie is against the idea of ​​her becoming a woman, as seen when he says, "You're becoming a big girl now, you need to guard yourself more, you can't be so friendly, kid." At the same time, Beatrice advises Catherine not to be so dependent on Eddie and to see herself as an independent woman instead of letting Eddie dictate her life, when she says: "You are a woman [...] and now the time came when you said goodbye. Throughout the story, Catherine finds herself in a situation that she does not want to leave neither in the middle of paper nor because of the Italian value of loyalty to family, but above all it is more likely that Beatrice was stuck in a situation which offered him no escape. In the 1950s, women were expected to marry, give birth to children, and be housewives, and women had very little chance of succeeding in a professional environment because men were considered superior in this field. Béatrice therefore could not live her own life without Eddie, even if she had considered leaving him. This shows that at the time, women were perhaps deprived of a social stature that would allow them to live according to their own will. Arthur Miller thus highlighted the aspect of women and femininity in the community of Red Hook in the 1950s in A View from the Bridge, offering a point of reflection to all readers, particularly in relation to the current role of women in society..