Writing Style of Arthur Miller’s Works
Many people have read Arthur Miller’s novels, but how many of those people truly understand his style? Some of his writing is quite easy to comprehend, however, others are not so easy. Miller uses many literary elements in his work. To truly understand his works, you have to dig a little bit deeper in researching. He is a very famous author that uses many different styles and ways of writing. The strange style of Arthur Miller utilizes many different literary elements in his works such as “Death of a Salesman” and “The Crucible.” Arthur Miller has a very simple style. Ue uses effective words and does not include things that are unnecessary. Also, suspense is not taken away. The character dialogue …show more content…
This play contains elements of expressionism, depicts imaginary sequences, and also shows the audience the characters’ minds and emotions. “Death of a Salesman” reminisces about past events and imagined situations. “Miller’s method of flashing back and forth between the past and present and imaginary and realistic allows the crowd to witness how a lifetime of disappointment, delusion, and failure have led to the situation. “Death of a Salesman” is also grounded in realism (Galens and Spampinato …show more content…
“Historical distance helps the reader or viewer to imagine the strict nature of society and the manner in which religion permeated nearly every facet of the villagers lives” (Galens 129). Miller studied court transcripts to develop ideas for the play (“The Crucible” 1) and occasionally alludes to things in the Bible (“The Crucible” 3). Language was very simple in this play. Simple language of country people and old-fashioned vocabulary and grammar was the normal way of speech for the villagers in the play (“Writing Style” 1). The language of woman was rich in jargon (Galens 129). “The Crucible” has a satirical idea- meaning serious, cynical, and formal (“The Crucible”
Many people have read Arthur Miller’s novels, but how many of those people truly understand his style? Some of his writing is quite easy to comprehend, however, others are not so easy. Miller uses many literary elements in his work. To truly understand his works, you have to dig a little bit deeper in researching. He is a very famous author that uses many different styles and ways of writing. The strange style of Arthur Miller utilizes many different literary elements in his works such as “Death of a Salesman” and “The Crucible.” Arthur Miller has a very simple style. Ue uses effective words and does not include things that are unnecessary. Also, suspense is not taken away. The character dialogue …show more content…
This play contains elements of expressionism, depicts imaginary sequences, and also shows the audience the characters’ minds and emotions. “Death of a Salesman” reminisces about past events and imagined situations. “Miller’s method of flashing back and forth between the past and present and imaginary and realistic allows the crowd to witness how a lifetime of disappointment, delusion, and failure have led to the situation. “Death of a Salesman” is also grounded in realism (Galens and Spampinato …show more content…
“Historical distance helps the reader or viewer to imagine the strict nature of society and the manner in which religion permeated nearly every facet of the villagers lives” (Galens 129). Miller studied court transcripts to develop ideas for the play (“The Crucible” 1) and occasionally alludes to things in the Bible (“The Crucible” 3). Language was very simple in this play. Simple language of country people and old-fashioned vocabulary and grammar was the normal way of speech for the villagers in the play (“Writing Style” 1). The language of woman was rich in jargon (Galens 129). “The Crucible” has a satirical idea- meaning serious, cynical, and formal (“The Crucible”