I'm really struggling between three and four stars for this. The dialogue is fantastic, and the atmosphere is really well evoked, but the implied rape ruined the whole thing for me in a lot of ways, but mostly because I feel it happened purely so something bad happened, if you know what I mean? I...
I'm really struggling between three and four stars for this. The dialogue is fantastic, and the atmosphere is really well evoked, but the implied rape ruined the whole thing for me in a lot of ways, but mostly because I feel it happened purely so something bad happened, if you know what I mean? I...
I absolutely loved this play. I had to read Death of a Salesman for school and instantly fell in love with Miller's style. After such great works as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, I wasn't sure how All My Sons would measure up, especially after reading mixed reviews about it. But I think this...
Like most classic works, this is something everyone should read once. It's a little bit all over the place for my tastes, but heartbreaking and thought provoking as well. I feel as though seeing it performed would probably do it more justice than reading it did, but I definitely recommend taking it ...
Many people debate which play would be considered to be the greatest play written by an American and to be honest this play comes pretty close. However, I am not a really big fan of American Literature (in the same way that I am not a really big fan of Australian Literature). I think it would be str...
When I was in high school, we were told the great American playwrights were Eugene O'Neil, Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, and Death of a Salesman Miller's greatest play. Well, I'd give my teacher two out of that three. I've always found Miller both preachy and underwhelming. All His Sons, the...
It can be a bit of a come down when you have just read a couple of fun novels, that being The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemmingway, and a Secret Seven book, to suddenly jump over to a book that is as dark and bleak as this, however the reason that I did this was to push up the number of commentaries ...
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