Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge,” playing at Arena Stage, is a Miller classic: On the surface, it deals with modern issues, while in fact exploring age-old, mythic themes.

Set in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, “View” centers around several complicated relationships. The first is between a bull-headed Italian-American longshoreman, Eddie Carbone, and his 17-year-old orphaned niece, Catherine. She has been raised by Eddie and his wife, Beatrice. It quickly becomes apparent that Eddie’s feelings for Catherine are more than paternal.