Arthur Miller by Chezney Douglas

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Arthur Miller

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Arthur Miller

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Life:
Miller was born in Harlem, New on October 17, 1915 to Isidore and Agusta Miller. He died 89 years later in Roxbury Connecticut, on February 10, 2005

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WORKS

Death of A Salesman- play
Timebends- Autobiography
The Misfits- Screen Play
Jane's Blanket- Fiction(children's story)

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FACTS:
- Miller's family lost nearly everything in the stock market crash of .
-Miller's father ran a very successful women's clothing store, but was illiterate.
-Miller won the Avery Hopwood Award for young playwrights in 1936, while he was still in college.

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More Facts:
Miller's first Broadway play, The Man Who Had All The Luck, was a failure and closed after it's fourth show.
Miller was married to Marilyn Monroe.
Miller's youngest son was born with Down Syndrome.

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One More Fact:
Arthur Miller was found in contempt of court after he wouldn't name suspected Communists during the congressional hearings of 1957.

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1915...
January 12th, the House of Representatives rejected the proposal that would give women the right to vote.
April 22nd, the N.Y. Yankees donned their pinstripes and hat-in-the-ring logo for the first time.
May 3rd, John McCrae wrote the poem, "In Flanders Fields" .
May 24th, Thomas Edison invents the telescribe to record telephone conversations.

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Quotes:
"the Jungle is dark but full of diamonds" and
"A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man." - Death of a Salesman

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Miller used many literary terms in his play, Death of a Salesman , such as flashback, imagery, and allegory...

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FLASHBACK:
A device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, ect., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.

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IMAGERY:
The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things or such images collectively.

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ALLEGORY:
A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; the figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.

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Arthur Miller

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Arthur Miller

Life:Miller was born in Harlem, New on October 17, 1915 to Isidore and Agusta Miller. He died 89 years later in Roxbury Connecticut, on February 10, 2005

WORKS

FACTS:- Miller's family lost nearly everything in the stock market crash of .-Miller's father ran a very successful women's clothing store, but was illiterate.-Miller won the Avery Hopwood Award for young playwrights in 1936, while he was still in college.

More Facts:Miller's first Broadway play, The Man Who Had All The Luck, was a failure and closed after it's fourth show.Miller was married to Marilyn Monroe.Miller's youngest son was born with Down Syndrome.

One More Fact:Arthur Miller was found in contempt of court after he wouldn't name suspected Communists during the congressional hearings of 1957.

Quotes:"the Jungle is dark but full of diamonds" and"A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man." - Death of a Salesman

Miller used many literary terms in his play, Death of a Salesman , such as flashback, imagery, and allegory...

FLASHBACK: A device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, ect., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.

IMAGERY:The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things or such images collectively.

ALLEGORY:A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; the figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.

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Life:
Miller was born in Harlem, New on October 17, 1915 to Isidore and Agusta Miller. He died 89 years later in Roxbury Connecticut, on February 10, 2005

FACTS:
- Miller's family lost nearly everything in the stock market crash of .
-Miller's father ran a very successful women's clothing store, but was illiterate.
-Miller won the Avery Hopwood Award for young playwrights in 1936, while he was still in college.

More Facts:
Miller's first Broadway play, The Man Who Had All The Luck, was a failure and closed after it's fourth show.
Miller was married to Marilyn Monroe.
Miller's youngest son was born with Down Syndrome.

One More Fact:
Arthur Miller was found in contempt of court after he wouldn't name suspected Communists during the congressional hearings of 1957.

Quotes:
"the Jungle is dark but full of diamonds" and
"A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man." - Death of a Salesman

FLASHBACK:
A device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, ect., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.

IMAGERY:
The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things or such images collectively.

ALLEGORY:
A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; the figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.