PPT-Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

19152005 Background Info Born in NYC First success in 1947 All My Sons Wrote Death of a Salesman 1948 Married with two children at the time Background Info 1950 F ell in love with Marilyn Monroe eventually married and then divorced. Miller’s Early Life. Arthur Miller was born on Oct. 17, 1915, in New York City. . His father ran a small coat-manufacturing business; during the Depression it failed.. In 1932, after graduating from high school, Miller went to work in an auto-parts warehouse. . Introduction to Arthur Miller’s . Interesting fact: . . When Arthur Miller died in 2005, in . Newsweek . magazine Richard Schickel wrote, “Not a week has passed since the play premiered on Broadway 56 years ago this month when it was not playing somewhere in the world, playing too on our instinctive response to an instinctive work.. Arthur Miller. Born in NYC, Jewish. Attended schools in Harlem, Brooklyn. Family devastated by Great Depression. Graduates University of Michigan. Turns down Hollywood (big$) job to stay in NYC: loves live theater. American Playwright. LIFE IN A NUTSHELL. Born in . Manhattan, . New York on October 17, . 1915. raised in a moderately . wealthy . household until his family lost almost everything in the Wall Street Crash of . Symbolism. Look at the section involving . The Woman. . The stockings that are mentioned are an important symbol in . Death of a Salesman. . Explain their significance and what they represent.. We are given few details about the life of . -Arthur Miller. 1915-2005. The Crucible . by Arthur Miller. Grew up during the Great Depression. Wrote screenplays for Hollywood. Crucible:. A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted or fused at very high temperatures.. Used symbolically to suggest a severe trial or test.. Arthur Miller (1915 – 2005). Native New Yorker. Individualism and Integrity Unit. Arthur Miller: A Life. Born on October 17, 1915. Attended the University of Michigan from . 1934-1938. Graduated with a degree in journalism. Wrote and produced five plays during . What does a playwright do?. The playwright provides the point of origin for nearly every play production...the script.. More and more today, the role of the playwright is to write the play and then to disappear. Information. The Crucible. by Arthur Miller. Known and respected for his intimate and realistic portrayal of the working class, Arthur Miller remains one of the most prolific playwrights of his time. At the peak of his career immediately following World War II, American theater was transformed by his profound ability to capture the heart of the common man and make his audiences empathize with his plight as he attempts to find his . 1949. Death of a Salesman. Arthur Miller. 1949. Objectives. Be able to identify specific literary techniques used to characterize Willy . Discuss symbols found throughout the second half of the play. Lohman’s. monologue from Act II. Willy . Loman. Juicy Sentence. Willy (talking about Dave . Singleman. ): . When he died—and by the way he died the death of a salesman, in his green velvet slippers in the smoker of the New York, New Haven and Hartford, going into Boston—when he died, hundreds of salesmen and buyers were at his funeral.. Aim. Understand the historical context of the play ‘Death of a Salesman.’. Find out as much as you can about the following:. Arthur Miller (playwright). ‘Death of a Salesman’ and his other works. Death of a Salesman. Death of a Salesman . by Arthur Miller was first performed in 1949 on Broadway and was an. . immediate success. This deceptively simple story of the tragic road to suicide of a travelling.