Comparing Death Of A Salesman And The Crucible By Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller Arthur Miller has written many pieces of text, some of them are more popular than others. All of these pieces, however, have held deep themes and meanings that greatly impact the audience. Miller was an extraordinary man, whose writing inspired countless minds. His writing still has it’s impact today in the lives of those who read his work. His life was anything but ordinary and he wrote amazing plays and stories. Two of his most famous being, Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. These stories are very controversial and made some trouble for Miller after they were published. However, he never let that trouble intimidate him, and he kept writing and spreading his influence. He exposed his audiences to messages and images …show more content…
His parents were Jewish immigrants, and his grandparents immigrated from Poland. Miller’s family moved to Brooklyn in 1928 due to business issues. Miller’s childhood was not an easy one, his father continued to have business failures and Miller saw the impact of this on his family. After graduating high school Miller started working several jobs to save up for college. He enrolled in the University of Michigan in 1934. After attending for four years, he graduated in 1938. Miller then returned to New York to become a freelance writer. Unfortunately, his first work did not work out how he hoped. However, he continued to write. Two of his most famous works are Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. Three years after writing The crucible he was convicted for “contempt of congress for not cooperating with the House committee on Un-American Activities” (PBS). Arthur Miller died February tenth, 2005 at the age of eighty nine. …show more content…
Growing up in the great depression gave him a perspective not often seen by audiences. He takes real events and brings them into the public eye for all to see, and for people to know the truth. His families financial struggles and the decay of society around him heavily impacted his work. He took his experiences and reworked them to build upon his writing. Miller’s writing and experience gave an honest view into this time period in history that is not often brought to light. Some feel that dark and depressing topics should be hidden from public eyes. However, readers see in Death of a Salesman extreme financial and person struggles. These struggles eventually lead to suicide for the victim. Had Miller not been raised around these financial struggles, this work may never have been written to be as impactful as it became. In The Crucible, audiences see people convicted of crimes they did not commit. These people are forced to either lie and go against their beliefs, or tell the truth and be punished severely. However if the person on trial denied the charges, they would be put to death. If they confessed, Then they would be set free to deal with the guilt of their sins. These people knew that they did not commit the crimes, but when they tried to tell the truth they were punished. The court wanted them to confess, but they could not, because they felt that lying was worse than death. The inspiration for