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    Father Son Relationships

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    occurs through the relationship of Willy Loman and his eldest son, Biff. Throughout the play, Miller shows the continuously building relationships to reveal the true themes of the play, as well as to create a character of hope and a tragic character. Through Willy Loman unrealistic expectations and unrealistic view on life, Miller is able to create a tragic character whom can be granted with the formation of a character of hope for his son Biff. Through the use of tragic characters and…

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    and was institutionalized shortly after his birth. Today Rebecca Miller is a film director, actress, and writer. "The Misfits", which he later adapted as a vehicle for his second wife, Marilyn Monroe (“Arthur Miller” Contemporary Authors). All My Sons is a 1947 play by Arthur Miller. It opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York City on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1949 and ran for 328 performances. It was directed by Elia Kazan, produced by Elia Kazan and Harold Clurman,…

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    The Man Who Had All the Luck, his 1940 play, was closed after just four measly performances in the wake of several dreadful reviews. However, six years later, he achieved a great deal of success on Broadway with All My Sons, which allowed him to earn his first Tony Award for best author. Working in his own small Roxbury studio, “Miller wrote the first act of Death of a Salesman in less than a day” (“Arthur Miller”). It premiered on February 10, 1949 at the Morosco Theatre…

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    family and sons. Like Oedipus, Joe Keller’s tragic spiral leads to a climax in which he finally accepts the answer of his fate and admits that his actions affected not only his family, but “all my sons,” (Miller 68) and he pays the ultimate price. Joe, who defends his decision to save his business and his family’s future by shipping out the cracked cylinder heads by saying “[he] did it for [Chris]” (Miller59). Joe is just a common man who feared not being able to provide for his son. The…

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    All My Sons is an American play written by Arthur Miller. It’s about an American family where the family was divided and conflicted just after the second world war as their sons were sent to war to fight and sacrificed greatly for the safety of their own nation while their father had sacrificed other pilots’ safety, directed the guilt towards his own partner and made money. This was a metaphor of the divide between the new American society that were in fury of the wealthy people that made money…

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    Arthur Miller was an American playwright who produced the play "A View from the Bridge", first staged on September 29, 1955. It was made into two acts after being unsuccessful as a one Act verse drama. The play is set in the 1950s America, in an Italian-American neighbourhood called Red Hook, a slum area, in New York at the Brooklyn Bridge . Miller heard the story from a lawyer who worked with longshoremen and soon he developed it into a drama first staged on September 29, 1955. It was related…

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    “He’s liked, but not well liked”, a line was used by Biff to the Loman’s neighbour’s son Bernard, who, in Willy’s flashbacks, was a geek who tutored Biff in math. Biff, on the other hand, was very well liked and popular in high school, was a big football player and was seen as someone who would get a football scholarship and continue playing…

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    Saturn Devouring His Son is a very interesting Romanticism mural that was created during the 19th Century. The subject matter, as well as the circumstances of the artist behind the work, contain the feeling of tragedy and darkness that draws the viewer in. The canvas transfer of the mural is displayed at the Museo del Parado, in Madrid, Spain. Saturn Devouring His Son was an oil mural painted on the wall of his house during the 19th century. The large work features Saturn with the bloodied arm…

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    Vehicle Observation

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    Saturday, December 24, 2016 at 06:18 Hrs. I observed a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of Brock Services LLC building and Riverside Auto Dealership located at 341 US-90. The vehicle pulled up to the exit of the parking lot and remained stationary for a few seconds and then traveled east on the service road to Oak St. The vehicle turned south onto Oak St. at a high rate of speed as I was turning onto the service road from US-90. I lost sight of the vehicle until I arrived at Oak and Da…

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    Goya is well known for his thought provoking and perhaps disturbing paintings, especially “Los Caprichios”. While the primary purpose of these 80 something etchings was to depict the abuses of the Catholic Church, societal ills, and superstition, however they also demonstrate a very interesting perspective on the psychology of sleep and dreams, particularly in relation to monsters. This collection presented the condemnation of follies and foolishness is a rather informal, almost free form way, a…

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