All My Sons (Masterplots II: Drama)
At a glance:
- Author: Arthur Miller
- First Published: 1947
- Type of Work: Naturalistic
- Time of Work: The late 1940’s
- Setting: The United States
- Principal Characters: Joe Keller, Kate Keller, Chris Keller, Ann Deever, George Deever
- Genres: Naturalistic literature, Drama, Psychological drama
- Subjects: Values, Family or family life, United States or Americans, Parents and children, Pragmatism, Suicide, 1940’s, Guilt, Yards or backyards, Fathers, Veterans, Ethics, Success or failure, Idealism, Factory management
- Locales: New York, NY, East (U.S.)
The Play
The first act of All My Sons takes place in the backyard of the Keller home early one Sunday morning in August. The yard is both secluded and comfortable, and its contents suggest a normal upper-middle-class American home: a small trellised arbor, some garden chairs, a table, a garbage pail, and a wire leaf-burner. A slender apple tree, cut in half by a violent wind, is the only other noticeable piece of stage property.
As the play begins, Joe Keller is bemusedly reading the classified adds in the Sunday paper. Jim Bayliss, his physician neighbor, has...
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