Comparing Death Of A Salesman And The Crucible By Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller a playwright, who wrote Death Of A Salesman and The Crucible, among many others. He was cynical and questioned the norms, but that’s what made him brilliant. His characters fought with dilemmas that symbolize societal issues. He combined his characters inner struggles with social awareness.
Arthur Miller was born in Harlem, New York in 1915. His father lost his clothing store during the Great Depression and his family had to move to Brooklyn. Miller started writing plays when he was a student at the University of Michigan. He soon fell in love with the theatrics in our society. “The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.”(Arthur Miller) His first Broadway play, The Man Who Had All the Luck, opened in 1944, and closed after four performances and some bad reviews. His next play, All My …show more content…
Later that year, the House of Un-American Activities Committee refused to renew his passport. He didn’t just accept the norms, his plays called into question injustice and the way we live our lives.
"Whoever is writing in the United States is using the American Dream as an ironical pole of his story. People elsewhere tend to accept, to a far greater degree anyway, that the conditions of life are hostile to man's pretensions." (Miller)
In 1956 and 1957, Arthur was called in by the House Un-American Activities Committee, and was convicted of contempt for his refusal to identify writers believed to be Communist. Around 1961, Monroe and Miller divorced. Several months later, he married the photographer, Inge Morath, and had 2 children. Miller excluded his son Daniel, who had down syndrome, from the family's life. It was his son-in-law who persuaded Miller into reuniting with his son. In 2002, Inges died and Miller became engaged to Agnes Barley. However, Arthur died of a heart failure at 89 years old on February 10, 2005, before the two could
Arthur Miller was born in Harlem, New York in 1915. His father lost his clothing store during the Great Depression and his family had to move to Brooklyn. Miller started writing plays when he was a student at the University of Michigan. He soon fell in love with the theatrics in our society. “The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.”(Arthur Miller) His first Broadway play, The Man Who Had All the Luck, opened in 1944, and closed after four performances and some bad reviews. His next play, All My …show more content…
Later that year, the House of Un-American Activities Committee refused to renew his passport. He didn’t just accept the norms, his plays called into question injustice and the way we live our lives.
"Whoever is writing in the United States is using the American Dream as an ironical pole of his story. People elsewhere tend to accept, to a far greater degree anyway, that the conditions of life are hostile to man's pretensions." (Miller)
In 1956 and 1957, Arthur was called in by the House Un-American Activities Committee, and was convicted of contempt for his refusal to identify writers believed to be Communist. Around 1961, Monroe and Miller divorced. Several months later, he married the photographer, Inge Morath, and had 2 children. Miller excluded his son Daniel, who had down syndrome, from the family's life. It was his son-in-law who persuaded Miller into reuniting with his son. In 2002, Inges died and Miller became engaged to Agnes Barley. However, Arthur died of a heart failure at 89 years old on February 10, 2005, before the two could