After the Fall (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Arthur Miller
- First Published: 1964
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Expressionism
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: New York City
- Genres: Drama
- Subjects: 1950’s
- Locales: New York, NY
Characters Discussed
Quentin, a lawyer who agonizes over his past—the failure of his two marriages, unhappy childhood experiences, the political witch-hunts in the 1950’s, and the extent to which he bears personal responsibility for what happened to his close friends and his two wives. Quentin views these past events from the perspective of the present. He has met Holga, with whom he has fallen in love. She is European and brings with her a sense of the European past, including that of World War II, of mass destruction and the concentration camps. Quentin reacts to this...
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