To see how 'A View from the bridge' is set in the format of a Greek Tragedy

There are many features of Greek tragedies that compare to the play 'A View from the Bridge.'
Firstly, a Greek tragedy called 'The Clouds' has many similarities to 'A View from the Bridge.' This is because it is to do with legal skills and how people have to climb the social and financial ladder. Although there are many differences between these two plays, as the story line is a lot more traditional and Greek in 'The Clouds,' they are similar as the theme of family is also presented in this play.
The overall structure of Greek tragedies could also link to 'A View from the Bridge.' The structure of a Greek tragedy is:
Prologue
Parodos
First Episode
First Stasimon
Second Episode
Second Stasimon
Third Episode
Third Stasimon
Fourth Episode
Fourth Stasimon
Exodos
In many ways, the structure of 'A View from the Bridge' could also be shown like this. To begin with, this because the narration by Alfieri they are significant lengths of dialogue that summarise the start and end of the play.Especially at the start of the play, a lot of information is given to the audience. Due to this, it significantly links to the ideas of a prologue and parados of Greek tragedies, making it different from just ordinary narration. Although these are normally sung in Greek tragedies, I still think they can be linked together.
Another example is the idea of episodes throughout the tragedies. In 'A View from the Bridge' lots of scenes are linked together with just a few characters so they are never really all of the characters on stage at once. This is what an episode is in a Greek tragedy, suggesting another similarity. Despite this, I don't think there are really stasimons in 'A View from the Bridge' as these summarise the dialogue in the reflecting scene as there is no clear summary of the scenes. On the other hand, the narration by Alfieri really summarises one or more scenes so this could be interpreted as a stasimon.
Finally, the ending is also very similar to those of Greek tragedies as it is very tragic but also very shocking. The fact that that the narration similar to an exodus at the end of the play is quite thought-provoking also shows how the endings are similar as Greek tragedies focused on conveying a message through sudden sadness however. It also shows how 'A View from the Bridge' could not be classed as a Greek comedy as they had an exodus of celebration and often ended with joyous marriage. Therefore, although 'A View from the Bridge' does end with marriage, it links significantly to a Greek tragedy as it is not necessarily joyous.
In conclusion, there are many features of 'A View from the Bridge' that could be interpreted as having similarities with the style and structure of Greek tragedies including the start, the beginning, scene format and the overall message.