Arthur+Miller’s+Influence+on+American+Theater-AS+2011



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Arthur Miller is known for his confrontational personality. He would never conform to the thoughts of the majority of people. He publicly criticized George W. Bush by saying, "“He’s not a very good actor. He’s too obvious most of the time, he has no confidence in his own facade, so he’s constantly overemphasizing his sincerity.”

Miller changed the idea that plays should be about royalty and wrote a majority of his plays about the everyday citizen. One of his most famous plays, Death of a salesman, is about a elderly salesman who is in a mess of unfortunate events. He is fired from his job, his debt mounts as he continually borrows money from a friend, and is caught in an affair. He ends of killing himself because the insurance policy will give a large sum of money for his death. This is another example of Miller distinguishing himself as his plays portray the tragedies of everyday life and not the tragedies of for example Romeo and Juliet.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/mill-f21.shtml

Arthur Miller changed theater surroundings. He made the theater more normal and not a fancy luxury. More races were allowed in the theater, not just rich white people. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/amiller.htm

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Arthur Miller was a great American play-writer, but his plays were not only fro entertainment. In his plays he tried to expose the flaws in the American government. In his plays he showed what was happening to the American citizens. He thought of playwriting as a way to change America. He was considered the greatest play-writer for a while. He was so great because he did not only write amazing plays, but also change the views of America.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/11/theater/11cnd-miller.html?pagewanted=4&_r=1&hp

Arthur Miller married Marilyn Monroe, an extremely famous female actress, in 1956. They were married for 6 years and then divorced in 1961. Arthur Miller was known as "The man with all the luck" because he was married to Marilyn. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/amiller.htm

In 1947, Miller was condemned by the HUAC or House Un American Activities committee. The committee tried to protect the American citizens from the growing threat of communism.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/31/newsid_4417000/4417523.stm