Arthur Miller

A research and study guide for three plays by Arthur Miller includes plot summaries, lists of characters, and critical views

User's Guide

7

(1)

Editor's Note

8

(1)

Introduction

9

(2)

Biography of Arthur Miller

11

(4)

Plot Summary of All My Sons

15

(4)

List of Characters in all My Sons

19

(18)

Critical Views on All My Sons

Arthur Miller on Joe Keller's Trouble

20

(1)

Samuel A. Yorks on Joe Keller and His Sons

21

(2)

W. Arthur Boggs on Oedipus and all My Sons

23

(2)

Arvin R. Wells on the Living and the Dead in the Play

25

(1)

Leonard Moss on Miller's Narrative Crudeness

26

(2)

Robert W. Corrigan on the Achievement of Arthur Miller

28

(2)

Barry Gross on the Play's Larger Context

30

(1)

N. Bhaskara Panikkar on Morality and Social Happiness in Miller's Works

31

(2)

Charlotte Goodman on Lillian Hellman's Influence on Miller

33

(2)

Steven R. Centola on the Paradox of Denial in the Play

35

(2)

Plot Summary of Death of the Salesman

37

(4)

List of Characters in Death of a Salesman

41

(16)

Critical Views on Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller's Comments on the Play's One-Year Anniversary

43

(1)

George Kernodle on the Death of the Little Man

44

(2)

George de Schweinitz on Epic and Tragedy

46

(1)

Barry E. Gross on Willy as Peddler and Pioneer

47

(2)

Alfred R. Ferguson on the Tragedy of the american Dream

49

(2)

Richard T. Brucher on Technology and the Common Man

51

(1)

Leah Hadomi on Fantasy and Reality in the Play

52

(1)

Arthur Miller: The Audience Can't Escape

53

(2)

Steven R. Centola on Family Values in the Play

55

(2)

Plot Summary of the Crucible

57

(4)

List of Characters in the Crucible

61

(18)

Critical Views on the Crucible

Eric Bentley on Miller's Innocence

63

(1)

Henry Popkin on the Strange Encounter

64

(2)

Leonard Moss on the portrayal of Hysteria, Honesty, and Their Consequences

66

(1)

Orm Overland on Miller's Struggle with Dramatic form

67

(3)

Gerald Weales on Why the Play Is Not Just About Witch Trials and McCarthyism

70

(1)

Robert A. Martin on the Crucible's Background and Sources

71

(2)

E. Miller Budick on History and Other Spectres in the Play

73

(2)

Wendy Schissel on a Feminist Reading

75

(2)

Stephen Marino on the ``Weight of Truth''

77

(2)

Works

79

(2)

Arthur Miller

Works about Arthur Miller

81

(3)

Index of themes and Ideas

84

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