William Miller

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…

Have you ever felt like something that was supposed to be the most wonderful thing, turns out to be a complete nightmare? In Reunion by John Ceever, a boy meets his father after a long time for lunch. Throughout the course of the book, the father throws around his wealth and ego, in order to impress his son. John Ceever uses symbolism, tone and revealing actions to show how the father’s actions and words resulted in ruining their relationship. John Ceever uses symbolism to show how the father’s…

To what extent does hypocrisy affect society? Hypocrisy is normally seen as a personal issue and it’s societal impacts are often overlooked. During the Salem witch trials, hypocrisy played a huge role in the hangings of 19 people. It created mass hysteria, which deeply affected how Salem’s societal values were interpreted. Hypocrisy is ultimately responsible for the events in Salem and The Crucible, as characters try to cover up their own flaws with lies, leading to innocent people being hanged…

World Lit draft 1 – Death and The Maiden How does the gun change the role of Paulina Salas in Ariel Dorman’s play ‘Death and the Maiden’? Ariel Dorfman’s ‘Death and The Maiden’ is a play unlike any other. The play takes place in the post dictatorship world of an unnamed country. Dorfman takes us through a story of crime and justice as we learn about the struggle of Paulina Salas. Paulina had been raped a number of years ago by a group of men containing a sadistic doctor whose face she never…

published in 1953 during the Red Scare, and as Susan C.W. Abbotson says in her book, Student Companion to Arthur Miller, “It tells the story behind the Salem witch trials of 1692, centering our attention on the effect of these trials had on the Proctor family, as well as making an analogous commentary on the actions of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in the 1950s” (117). Arthur Miller was adamant that his critics know these events were not made…

Written by Edward Arlington Robinson in 1897, the short poem, “Richard Cory,” describes a man who seems to embody the perfect lifestyle, but secretly struggles to find happiness within himself. Looking at Robinson’s childhood, Richard Cory likely serves as a representation of his viewpoints on wealth as he was born the son of a wealthy merchant. Robinson portrays his central theme through poetic devices such as irony and symbolism. The use of these devices allows Robinson’s outlook on wealth to…

For some people, tragedy is what it takes to realize core values and grow. In Jonathan Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Oskar Schell is a gifted nine year old in search of a meaning for his life outside of his central tragedy--the passing of his father in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. More than anything, he cannot escape from his own mind and his obsession with his father: “It doesn't make me feel good when you say that something I do reminds you of Dad” (Foer). Despite his gloom, one…

the end of the story, he realizes who he is, a man who likes physical work and the great outdoors. Let’s not forget that he sees himself and his father as “common mans” and this did not seem to bother him at all, on the opposite of Willy. I believe Miller showed us two characters who were quite lost in the beginning but in two different ways. As we can see, one finds his path and the other does not. I also believe the author sees his two characters as common mans, after all, this is what he…

Oscar Wild once said: “It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.” Appearances can be hoaxing, can't they? People tend to observe someone who appears untidy, slovenly and suppose they are homeless. Probably they have just come from helping reconstruct someone's house that was destroyed in a recent fire. Furthermore, people may glimpse someone well-groomed entering into a high-priced shop and decide that they must be rich and wealthy when, indeed, they are reporters heading…

The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller, is set in the 1600s, dramatizing the witch trials hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts. In the play, Arthur Miller has demonstrated the role of women in that society through a number of techniques. The actions of women in the play were shown to have outside influences rather than reflect their true nature. Arthur Miller presented the idea that beliefs, expectations and stereotypes had an effect on the behaviour of women. Religion played an important…