Keller And Nixon Relationship

Explore the similarities and differences between the tragic journey of Richard Nixon(Frost/Nixon) and Joe Keller(all my sons).

Firstly both Joe Keller and Richard Nixon have the tragic characteristic of 'greed', or always wanting something more than they already have, Nixon being involved in the watergate scandal and trying to cover up his part in all of it,' it's true, I made mistakes. Horrendous ones- ones which are not worthy of a president'. Similarly, Keller, was greedy when he didn't want to lose his contract of selling parts of a plane, therefore he sent out faulty parts to maintain the contract and make money, which resulted in a number of deaths, 'You're a boy, what could I do! I'm in business, a man is in business: a hundred and twenty cracked, the process don't work you're out of business', this highlights both are willing to make bad decisions which can affect others for their benefit.
Secondly, they both come from humble backgrounds, in which they have had to work hard
For example when Chris, says to Keller , 'dad...dad, you killed twenty one men', Keller answers by saying, ' I'm in a business, a man is in business; a hundred and twenty cracked, you're out of business', this shows that Keller dosent really know how to react, so shows all his cards at once, admitting that he had a part to play in the deaths, it also shows that he is to proud of his reputation that he wasn't expecting the question. Whereas, when Nixon is asked one of the hardest questions for him to answer, by frost in, ' why didn't you burn the tapes', Nixon expects it and 'smiles coldly', this shows that he has planned for it, also that he is confident and uses long sentences in his answers, also he dosent give frost a chance to question him again, until later during the