Introduction Arthur Miller's play The Crucible is a dramatic retelling of the Salem witch trials, a dark chapter in American history where hysteria and paranoia led to the persecution and execution of innocent people. One of the central themes of the play is vengeance, which...
Over 200 people were accused of witchcraft in a court case called the Salem Witch Trials , and 19 people were executed, In a court case called the Salem Witch Trials. A play that express the feelings of the people of Salem were shown, In...
Arthur Miller penned The Crucible in the context of McCarthy-era rhetoric and anti-communist propaganda in the United States. Although it has a literal and direct historical reference and application to the Salem witch trials, the play serves as an overarching metaphor for public persecution and...
Many stories have a hero that is fortunate to overcome their problems, although some have flaws and meet tragic ends. In the Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman is conveyed as a tragic hero as he loses his battle against mental stability...
The roles played in Arthur Miller’s, Death of a Salesman can be considered stereotypical at best. The characters have this problem of only looking at what their lives should be or how they messed them up. Their outlook on life is completely based on society’s...
Throughout the Crucible many characters were faced with internal and external conflict that resulted in their need to surmount difficulties. The characters had different conflicts but were all sparked by one event, the Salem witch trials. In 1692, in Salem, Massachusates there was a growing...
The crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller in 1953. Miller aimed to draw attention to the dangers of living in extremes. The period of time play was written in was troubling at some senses for the USA. McCarthyism was the dominating idea in...
“Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller displays a man whose inability to accept change within himself, and the reality of his life led to his and his family’s loss of identity and grasp of the truth. This man is Willy Loman who’s fear of...
What is irony, first of all? Irony is saying the opposite of what one actually means by using words. Miller has a sarcastic tone in The Crucible. This sound has to do with humor when we refer to each other. Sarcasm means reproach or sarcastic...
The Crucible has many themes. Themes of this play not only shows the problem of witchcraft during the late 19th and early 20th centuries but also exposes the dark side of human nature. Some of the major themes are lies and deceit, compassion and forgiveness,...
The issue of gender equality is a pressing topic in our modern society. Over the course of the past century, we have established human rights, racial rights, and even animal rights. So why is it that when a woman demands equality, she is looked at...
Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, is a tragic play focusing on the common man during the late 1940s. Much of the story is told by flashbacks of Willy Loman’s past, including him cheating on Linda, his wife. His older son, Biff, witnessed the...
The image of success is a broad definition that can differ greatly from person to person. In a school environment, a teacher may define success as having good grades and doing well in classes, while a student may define success as being attractive and having...
Money is one way to achieve one of the “American Dreams.” The “American Dream” is different for everyone and that dream for most people depends on how they were raised. There are many plays that critique the “American Dream” but only two will be focused...
What if you had to make a decision, for your life or your death. But to live you must lie and, die you tell the truth. The reason I am not giving you that much information is because I want you to look at the...
Every person in the world has a split persona, their public persona can be way different from their private persona. Willy Loman in the tragedy play Death of a Salesman, written by an American Playwright, Arthur Miller, functions as a complex character. Throughout the course...
Karl Marx is one of the greatest names associated with communism, but arguably his greatest works stem from economics rather than politics. Marx saw the destruction caused by industrialism and capitalism, which lead to many of his theories collectively known as Marxism. This school of...
In the Death of a Salesman, the main purpose of using day dream was to give to the audience ideas of what was going through Willy’s mind. The flashback and hallucinations played a big part in the audience eyes because they showed each event and...
Inside Aurthur Miller’s play, ‘The Crucible,’ the character whose job was fundamentally observed as the guide coach is known to be John Proctor’s better half, Elizabeth Proctor. Goody Proctor filled in as John Proctor’s steady token of his past sins of lasciviousness with the opponent,...
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman can be measured against Aristotle’s notions of tragedy expressed in his Poetics, involving a fall caused by hamartia and hubris, and an eventual recognition and reversal of fortune, culminating in the audience experience of catharsis. Despite this enduring model for tragedy, Willy Loman, the central character...
Arthur Miller Arthur Miller was born on October 17, 1915 in Harlem, New York. He was raised in a wealthy household until his family unfortunately lost everything in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. They ended up having to fire their chauffer and moved from...
In Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman,” the sacrifice of character is one of the mind. Willy Loman is characterized as the “common man.” In a time when the glow of post-war success had rapidly begun to fade from the country’s mundane realities, Miller...
In Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman,” Willy Loman is an individual who strives to achieve the “American Dream” in the 1940’s. This era was characterized by America’s climb out of the Great Depression in addition to its recognition as a world superpower following...
Introduction Arthur Miller, a devoted writer, demonstrates his concern for the well-being of American society in his play Death of a Salesman. This work serves as a perfect example of how the pressure to achieve the American Dream can dominate one’s mind and lead to...
The first man to ever coin the term American Dream was James Truslow Adams, in which he describes a dream of a place where everyone has an equal opportunity regardless of predetermined life factors. By putting a name to this ideology, Adams gave many American...
I believe that Linda is weak for several reasons. Looking into perspective, I realize that a woman in this era would have to deal with the fact that their husband is cheating on her in order to keep the support that he provides for the...
“Death of a Salesman” is a play written by playwright, Arthur Miller. This play is believed to have been one of Arthur Miller’s greatest bodies of work in the theatrical realm. “Death of a Salesman” was written from the trials of the playwright’s own life...
In a time where the view of man in society was simply as a sinner, unworthy of salvation and individuality was scarce, numerous things were bound to go wrong. In Puritan culture, life was remarkably different than it is now. Everything was revolved around God...
In Arthur Miller’s Play Death of a Salesman, the dreams of the major characters are the central focus of the plot. The Lomans, particularly Willy, struggle to realize their dreams while fearing that these goals are unreachable. Yet this fear is necessary to the hope;...
Explore Miller’s presentation of Rodolpho in the play One of the ways Arthur Miller presents Rodolpho is by his opening line, “This will be the first house I ever walked into in America! Imagine! She said they were poor!” This line highlight that Rodolpho is...
“Everything we are is at every moment alive in us.”
“Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.”
“Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.”
Date
October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005
Activity
Arthur Miller was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater.
Works
Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955). He wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on The Misfits (1961).
Themes
Arthur Miller’s plays have attempted to diagnose and locate the illnesses plaguing modern man. The playwright’s primary and central theme is unconnectedness and alienation.
Style
American playwright Arthur Miller is known for combining social awareness with a searching concern for his characters’ inner lives. His writing style could be described as “realism” meaning that Miller presented situations in his plays in the same form as they are presented in real life.
Quotes
“Everything we are is at every moment alive in us.”
“Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.”
“Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.”
