Arthur miller was born on October 17th 1915. In his later life after being in the public eye being married to Marilyn Monroe and being under scrutiny by The House of Un-American activities committee which tried to flush out communists (was created 1938 after the cold war). After all of this Arthur had to write under an alias which was Matt Wayne.
Arthur miller’s
work are usually allegories (parallel, saying one thing when you mean something
else) for example the crucible has a under meaning of a political witch hunt,
from this example we are able to presume that we need to read between the lines
when reading his plays.
Many of Arthur Miller’s plays touch on theme of the American dream, in the 1920’s there was
more wealthy affluence and people were
able to live freely until the wall street crash in 29 which plunged an extreme
amount of people in to poverty and Miller’s parents some of those affected by the tragedy. The American dream is
unrealistic and many people strive for something which they cannot achieve
making them feel like they are unworthy.
Miller was
influenced by Ibsen who was described as the father of modern theatre working
in a realistic time line which explains why in Miller’s plays the narratives
are set over days or weeks.
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