Death of a Salesman

Where was Arthur Miller born?

NYC

What were Miller’s parents’ names?

Isidore and Augusta

What was Arthur’s family life like?

comfortable until his dad’s business failed→ loss of their home→ move to Brooklyn

produced tensions between his parents

who were his three wives?

Mary SLatter

Marilyn Monroe

Inge Morath

what high school did he attend?

James Madison

What was his first theatrical success?

All My Sons

What war was he physically disqualified from serving in?

WWII

Which university was he initally rejected from?

University of Michigan

What year did he win the lifetime achievement award?

1999

What is the title of his autobiography?

Timebends

His two one-act plays were:

A Memory of Two Mondays

A View from the Bridge

How many children did he have?

4

What achievement motivated him to be a playwright?

Avery Hopwood Award

When and from what did Arthur die?

Feb 10 2005

cancer; heart; pneumonia

How old was he when he died?

89

What two pieces of lierature did Miller win Pulitzer’s for?

A View from the Bridge

Death of a Salesman

Identify common themes in Miller’s work:

• didatic

• ethical issues in the business world

• clashes between grown brothers and between fathers and sons

• the need to come to terms with consequences of one’s choices

• the way the common man struggles through the misconceptions and false illusions that modern society imposes

• often relate to the individual in relation to society

• places emphasis on individual personalities in plays-characters ften struggle with issues of self-awareness and moral responsibility

Where did Miller write death of a salesman?

a farm he bought in Connecticut