Thomas Putnam’s trenchant characterization is seen throughout the play as an adversary to many of the townspeople. Putnam is clearly descripted as “vindictive” and “a man with many grievances” (Miller 14). Arthur Miller enjoys bluntly describing his characters for the benefit of the onlooker who can perceive as Arthur Miller wants them to. Other characters are also illustrated so candidly, for instance, Reverend Parris is alluded to being a selfish man throughout the play an example at the end of the play he cries for losing his money instead of crying for the lives he has just condemned (FIND CITATION OR EVIDENCE). The author of the American classic Washington Square, Henry James, likes to embed his character’s traits more thoroughly throughout
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For example Miller’s selection to pair communism with a witch hunt is indefinitely satire as he would be calling the innocents convicted of communism “witches” when they were simply following the american dream. Arthur Miller likes to make his satire covert unlike that of Henry James who enjoys blunt satire in his works. For instance, the doctor marrying into a family with lots of money is satirical, but even more so when he will not let his own daughter fall under the same circumstances. This mocks the time period because even if Dr. Sloper was in the same situation he still does not let someone else fall under the same special circumstances. There are also lots of covert themes embedded into the novel. The theme of failure is one of the only prevalent themes throughout the novel as the protagonist is described as having “no style at all” and “unattractive” (James 30, 31). The theme in this section is not as obvious and must be thought out thoroughly by the reader, the father at this scenario has given up hope that his daughter will amount to anything rendering her a failure. Another section where the covert theme of failure appears at the end of the novel when Catherine sits down for the final time to return to her mundane “life as it were” (171). Catherine is seen as that of a failure in the eyes of her society for being an unwed,
For example Miller’s selection to pair communism with a witch hunt is indefinitely satire as he would be calling the innocents convicted of communism “witches” when they were simply following the american dream. Arthur Miller likes to make his satire covert unlike that of Henry James who enjoys blunt satire in his works. For instance, the doctor marrying into a family with lots of money is satirical, but even more so when he will not let his own daughter fall under the same circumstances. This mocks the time period because even if Dr. Sloper was in the same situation he still does not let someone else fall under the same special circumstances. There are also lots of covert themes embedded into the novel. The theme of failure is one of the only prevalent themes throughout the novel as the protagonist is described as having “no style at all” and “unattractive” (James 30, 31). The theme in this section is not as obvious and must be thought out thoroughly by the reader, the father at this scenario has given up hope that his daughter will amount to anything rendering her a failure. Another section where the covert theme of failure appears at the end of the novel when Catherine sits down for the final time to return to her mundane “life as it were” (171). Catherine is seen as that of a failure in the eyes of her society for being an unwed,