Arthur Miller Research Paper

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1 June 2018 Behind the life of Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller was born on October 17, 1915 he grew up in Harlem, New York with his two brothers Augusta and Isidore. “Arthur Miller attended the University of Michigan before moving back East to write dramas for the stage. He earned widespread praise for Death of a Salesman, which opened on Broadway in 1949 and won the Pulitzer Prize along with multiple Tony's.”(Biography.com). The Pulitzer prize award that is awarded to musical artist, journalist, and authors. Miller also was well acknowledged for his pristine novel The Crucible. In his novels such as The Crucible he uses “lies and decits in the novel the main character Abigail Adams lies
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Arthur Miller uses his life experiences as inspirations for his books. “In 1964 he wrote After The Fall, a play whose main character strongly resemble Marilyn Monroe his former wife” (Krause, Adam) One of his most famous book The Crucible which is about false blame was inspired off the event that took place in nineteen fifty six when senator McCarthy accused multiple actors and writer,and famous people, and normal citizens of being communist in hiding. Arthur Miller wouldn’t release the names of his friends or co-workers that were communist or involved in the communist movement. “Playwright Arthur Miller defies the House Committee on Un-American Activities and refuses to name suspected communists. Miller’s defiance of McCarthyism won him a conviction for contempt of court, which was later reversed by the Supreme court . His passport had already been denied when he tried to go to Brussels to attend the premiere of his play The Crucible, about the Salem witch trials.” Four years later he wrote the Price about two brother coming to grips with their father recent death Millers own father died just a few years before the novel was written ” (Krause, Adam). Arthur Miller and his family were struggling like every other family in the nineteen twenties they had nothing to eat most were losing their jobs and had nothing to eat and struggling …show more content…
He is very well know for being an amazing author most of His most famous books such as The Crucible, Death of a salesman and All the sons were such great novels because, they based on mostly bad personals experiences most American could relate to the problems in the novel. In the Crucible Arthur Miller uses his Problem being apart of the ten actor or writer that could not find work after the cold war because, they were accused of being communist.Arthur Miller uses symbols such as Realism, compassion and Morality these literary devices relate to Americans and their problems as a whole.Arthur Miller also uses Hidden meaning to tell stories about his life and What is happening in america a the

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