After the Fall (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Arthur Miller
- First Published: 1964
- Type of Plot: Expressionist
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: Quentin, Holga, Louise, Maggie, Felice, Mother, Mickey, Loucas
- Genres: Drama
- Subjects: 1950’s
- Locales: New York, NY
The Play
After the Fall begins with Quentin sitting center stage on a chair in a dim light. In the background is a three-level, colorless stone tower, symbolic of the Nazi concentration camps, on which the people of his past walk in and out of his mind as he talks to himself. Quentin is, as it were, on trial, and he addresses the jury, “the Listener” or audience, in order to justify himself to himself. His monologue then becomes a dialogue with the people of his past as he seeks to alleviate his guilt over destructive relationships with two former wives.
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