Ceth of Salesman

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Death of a Salesman

&

All My Sons

Works by Arthur Miller


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Theme introduction`


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Stereotypical 50s Family


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Do you or a member of your

family ever make mistakes?

Have you ever done something youre ashamed of?

Do you wish that your circumstances

were different?


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Blueprints

Average Family Miller relates his stories to modern families

by making them normal American Dream

Working Hard will not guarantee yoursuccess


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Synopsis

Arthur Miller, one of Americas most famous

writers, wrote two dramas about the love and

flaws of a middle class everyday family. Death

of a Salesman is the story of a life longsalesman named Willy Loman who struggled

his whole life to give his family the best of

things and teach his sons how to do the same.

All My Sons is the story of Joe Keller, afactory owner, who during World War II made

the mistake of sending out flawed plane parts

and costing the lives of many Allied pilots.


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Both Arthur Millers Death ofSalesman and All My Sons

destroyed the 1950s Perfect Family Stereotype and

created a real family with real problems.

The Lomans struggled with financial issues and

the Kellers battled a lost son. These were not

your ideal families where everyone makes good

decisions and defeats challenges with ease. On

the contrary, these families struggled just like

they did in the fifties and just like we do today.

In both writings by Arthur Miller the focus of the story is

on an average, struggling, middle-class family.


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The American Dream

The American Dream is the capitalistbelief that if you work hard enough you

can be a success in America.

Similarities between the two novels:

Death of a Salesman:

Willy Loman believes he can achieve

success in the American Dream

through being well-liked. "The manwho makes an appearance in the

business world, the man who creates

a personal interest, is the man who

gets ahead. Be liked and you will

never want."

All My sons:

Joe Keller sacrifices his integrity for

materialism in hopes of achieving

the American Dream. It is this andhis longing to become socially

accepted that destroys his ability to

distinguish right from wrong, and

ultimately leads him to be dishonest

and make selfish choices.


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Final Common Theme

Willy Loman commits

suicide in an attempt to

financially help his family

through life insurance.

Joe Keller commits suicide

so his son Chris can live

without guilt, and can get onwith his life unaffected by

his fathers mistakes.

Death of a Salesman All My sons

Both Willy Loman and Joe Keller commit suicide

Joe Keller and Willy Lomans intentions were good, but

their goal of reaching the American Dream was wrong,

and suicide was a feeble attempt to fix the burdens that

they had caused. Although Joe Keller tried to help his

son he only brought more shame to their family name.


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The Life and Times of Arthur Miller

Arthur AsherMiller is born in

the Harlem

neighborhood of

New York City

October 17, 1915

Miller graduates

from the University

of Michigan with a

bachelors degree in

English

1938

He marries his

college

Sweetheart,

Mary Slattery

1940

Millers first

Broadway

performance

opens, The Man

who had all the

luck

November 23 ,1944

All My Sons opens,

earning Miller his first

Tony.

January 29, 1947

Death of a Salesman opens

winning Miller six Tony

awards and a Pulitzer Prize

February 10, 1949

The Crucible Opens winning

Miller yet another Tony.

January 26, 1953

Miller Marries

Marilyn Monroe

June 29, 1956

A made-for-TV

version of Death of

a Salesman earns

10 Emmy

nominations andtakes home 3

awards

1980

Miller publishes his

autobiography,

Timebends

1985

Miller dies of

congestive

heart failure at

his home in

Roxbury,

Connecticut

February 10, 2004


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The End

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