Zell Miller

The composer's Arthur Miller and Bruce Dawe explore their personal point of views through their respective texts ‘The Crucible’ and ‘Homecoming’ to given insight to the nature of power. Influencing responders to be socially aware of the abuse of power and its detrimental effects on the individual and society. The composer uses their chosen context to display the truth about politics registering it's merciless and catastrophic power. Miller concentrates on the Communist Red Scare of the 1950’s USA

illusions is significantly influenced by their understanding of themselves. Many choose to use self-perception to prevent themselves from the realization of living through self-deception. However, in Arthur Miller’s modern play, Death of a Salesman, Miller explores the relationship between self-deception and reality through the character development of Biff Loman. Initially, Biff’s perception of himself is tremendously influenced by his father, Willy Loman, who unknowingly, lives a life full of illusions

their beliefs onto how to achieve their dreams. The damaging effects of parents chasing unrealistic dreams, such as the American Dream, can be seen through their children and how they chase their own dreams. Biff Loman of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Walter Younger of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry watch their parents fight for their dreams only to become a failure, Biff is pulled into his father’s delusional dreams of success and Walter lacks the proper role models to shape his

In “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman, a salesman in New York, struggles with his internal beliefs of what makes America great. His lovely wife attempts to support him and as his sons grow, they defy his passions and ideals. Willy goes through his days committed to being a likable person and has goals to support his family. Unfortunately, Willy Loman’s ideals become outgrown as the technological age develops. Due to the protagonist’s motivations, he represents the tragic hero in

The Crucible was written in 1952 by Arthur Miller and was first performed as play on January 22, 1953 in the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway. The setting of the book is Salam, Massachusetts in 1692-93 and the characters are all Puritan colonists. One of the main characters is Giles Corey, an 83-year-old hotheaded farmer who is married to his third wife. Throughout the book we see many characters have some role in groupthink and Giles is no exception. Groupthink is the tendency of decision making

knowing all the facts. In the Crucible, a character named Parris illustrates this by saying, “She may be. And yet it has troubled me that you are now seven month out of their house, and in all this time no other family has ever called for your service” (Miller 1 26). In addition to their assumptions, the gossip itself leads to the false accusations of Abigail. No matter how much gossip gets into the people of Salem’s head they would never choose to talk to the person, just about them (Decter). Jumping to

all the facts. In The Crucible, a character named Parris illustrates this by saying, “She may be. And yet it has troubled me that you are now seven months out of their house, and in all this time no other family has ever called for your service” (Miller 1.1.26). In addition to their assumptions, the gossip itself leads to the false accusations of Abigail. “No matter how much gossip gets into the people’s heads who live in Salem, they would never choose to talk to the person, just about them” (Decter)

The Crucible and Death of a Salesman are both written by Arthur Miller in the the 1950’s. During the the 1950’s the Cold War was going on and had impacted American society. Because of the Cold War, the Red Scare began in America which was a widespread fear of communists. This lead to McCarthyism, or the process of making accusations of treason and subversion without evidence to back it up, which caused many people to be accused a communist unfairly. These events during this time period influenced

During the late 1940’s and the early 1950’s, America acted out of fear instead of their head. Author Miller motivated to write The Crucible due to his being alive during the late 1950’s when McCarthyism was prevalent in the U.S. He was trying to make the comparison of the two-time periods. Author Miller wrote The Crucible to point out the hysteria caused by the Red Scare by drawing comparisons with fear fueling hysteria, the ignoring of evidence, and types of people who were falsely accused. One

The play “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller is about the loss of personality as well as a man’s incapability to admit the change in himself and society. The play is a montage of memories, confrontations, dreams, and arguments that all make up the last 24 hours of Willy Loman’s daily life. The author uses the Loman’s family that comprises of Willy, Linda, Happy, and Biff to construct a constant cycle of contraction, denial, and order versus disorder. Willy was aware of both his family and social