Frank Miller

While Biff and Happy are in their childhood room, many emotional/ mental differences between the two brothers are revealed. Growing up, Biff was Willy's preferred son. Willy had high hopes for his eldest son and expected him to follow in his footsteps as a salesman. Biff was popular throughout his high school days and was admired by many boys who looked up to him and was loved by many girls. However, Biff never graduated high school and ultimately disappointed his father. Biff did not dwell on…

In the novella, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the reader is faced with a story about George Milton and Lennie Smalls, two young men living in the time period of the Great Depression. Due to unreasonable actions, these individuals had to move from place to place looking for a suitable job. During this time period, these two men had an aspiration to one day achieve the american dream and own their own piece of land. Unfortunately, the difference of these two individuals compared to others is…

or getting blacklisted. “When the Devil came to you, did you see Rebecca Nurse in his company? … Did you ever see her sister, Mary Easty, with the Devil? … Did you ever see Martha Corey with the Devil? … Did you ever see anyone with the Devil?” (Miller, 129 - 130) The Salem witch trials had similar punishments, if they didn’t tell the court what they wanted and if you didn’t “confess” to being a witch or being in contact with the devil, you faced jail and death. In both the Salem witch trials…

On the surface, The Crucible by Arthur Miller appears to simply be a play about the Salem Witch Trials, but it is actually a powerful allegory pertaining to the McCarthyism era. The Crucible is a fictionalized version of the Salem Witch Trials which took place in Massachusetts in 1692 when the town of Salem accused and hanged its citizens for witchcraft. Many parallels between witches and communists appear throughout Miller’s play; when linked, they form a political commentary on Joseph McCarthy…

example for his sons. Biff, who is his son is a catalyst. He drives his father's thoughts and actions throughout the play. When will cannot accept the present, he withdraws to the past, and biff his most likely there. Howard is Willy's boss. Howard is Frank Wagners son, Willy's past employer. Now willy works for Howard. Then, you have charley. Charley is Willy's best friend. Charley is somewhat successful and willy is jealous of him The play takes place in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Boston…

Jean-Claude van Itallie’s The Serpent takes monumental parts of history from the book of Genesis to the American 60s and combines them to create a packed play. My theatre experience of this production was loud, uncomfortable, and monotonous. There would be music, screaming, and a narrator all going on at the same time. This made it hard to hear the person talking, which I needed in order to understand what was happening. At one point, the room was loud enough that my ears were ringing once it…

Tragedy hero was concerned as archaic and kingly. But Arthur Miller shows us how a modern normal people could also called tragedy hero in Death of a Salesman. Also, Arthur Miller says that “tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need, to secure one thing— his sense of personal dignity” in his article Tragedy and the Common Man. By support his own idea, Miller gives the examples of Willy Loman defrauds insurance money,…

Chapters 17 -18 Why does Tea Cake whip Janie? How does he justify it? How does Janie and the other people react to the whipping? What does this reveal about the time period? Support your response with textual evidence. Tea Cake whips Janie because he felt a need to claim Janie as his own because he felt insecure This insecurity was initially caused by the new townspeople who made advances on Janie, before knowing that she was married. However the arrival of Mrs. Turner’s brother is what incited…

THE CRUCIBLE In 1952, Arthur Miller published The Crucible, a dramatization of the events of the Salem witch trials. However, it does not fall prey to the common misconception that the trials were simply a case of mass hysteria or superstition. Rather, the play highlights the social causes behind the deaths of the Salem ‘witches,’ finding drama within the conflicts among individuals and between the individual and society, within the consequences of extreme individualism and isolation. The play…

LOGLINE: A couple takes an opportunity to admit their genius son into a very prestigious school despite there fears of being outcasted. In turn, there fears become reality and take a turn for the worst when a rival family does everything in their power to challenge the boards decision of their son’s admittance. With comedy at its core, this story mixes a happy go lucky style with thematic elects of revenge, conspiracy and challenge the ideals of the perfect family. SUMMARY: STEFANIE and HOWIE…