All My Sons Arthur Miller

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Here Share my view on One Act Play of Arthur Miller.

                                                                       

                                                                   

 Introduction:

                     Arthur Miller started writing All My Sons in 1945, inspired by World War II and the true-life story of a woman who alerted authorities to her father's wartime wrong-doing, "Introduction to All My Sons." The play focuses on the story of a businessman who once narrowly avoided financial ruin by shipping cracked machine parts to the military. He blames his business partner and builds an empire, but eventually his crime comes back to haunt him.

                    All My Sons is the first commercially successful play of Miller. The central event in the play is a businessman’s evasion of responsibility for a decision in wartime which led to the loss of twenty-one lives. The chief characters in the play are Joe Keller, Kate Keller, Chris Keller, Ann Deever and her brother George Deever.

 Theme

                      Chris Keller is the son of Joe and Kate Keller. His affection for his parents is great. His younger brother Larry fought as a pilot in the Second World War and was reported missing. Everyone believes that he is dead but his mother refuses to accept it. Chris is very considerate to his mother. He wants to marry Ann who was Larry’s girl but does not want to upset his mother. He wants a regular wedding and wants everybody to be happy.

                         So he waited for three years hoping that his mother would accept Larry’s death. Chris is a good man who likes everybody around him. Dr. Jim Bayliss is a successful; doctor who would like to do medical research. Chris always encourages him to continue with his research and discover things. But Sue Bayliss who wants only money calls it ‘Phoney Idealism’ and complains to Ann that Chris is ruining their lives she resents ‘living next door to the Holy Family’. According to her, Chris is also compromising when he enjoys his father’s money (because everyone knows that Joe Keller is also responsible for sending the defective cylinder heads.)

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Works Cited

Arthur Miller’s All My Sons- An Eye-Opener on the Current Scenario Dr. George Kolanchery. 29 3 2016. 29 3 2018 <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263134703_Arthur_Miller's_All_My_Sons-_An_Eye-Opener_on_the_Current_Scenario_Dr_George_Kolanchery>.