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“The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it’s so accidental. It’s so much like life.” - Arthur Miller. His plays are absolutely timeless and have a certain je ne sais quoi. The themes of his plays are universal and something people deal with in everyday life; love, loss, jealousy, selfishness just as a few examples. He depicts the everyday struggles people have within their societal and familial roles. How they may not like it or feel that they “fit in” in that role. He shows very visually what they may want from life for either themselves or the lives of those they care about, their hopes and dreams. Miller wrote characters that we can all relate to and hold out hope for a better life for them. Conflict is a part of everyday life, …show more content…

It can also be during the most difficult times in ones life that people find they can do almost anything they put their mind to. Plays often are one of the best places to find stories about people going for their dreams and sticking up for their values either succeeding or failing; they have both. Arthur Miller has plays that deal with both sides.
In the play An Enemy of the People Doctor Stockmann refuses to give in when his brother, friends, and even the townspeople think he should. He stands his ground because he does not want to be responsible for poisoning all those who come to be healed, nor does he want it for the town his family lives in. He refuses to back down even when everybody else thinks he should. “What about you? You want me to be the miserable animal who’d crawl up the boots of that damn gang? Will you be happy if I can’t face myself the rest of my life?” (Miller pg. …show more content…

They value hard work and want better things for themselves even when their parents are still stuck in wishing and wanting for better things without doing anything for it. All Keller wants is to forget the past and for his children to take over his business. All their mother wants is for her Larry to return home to her. But Chris wants better and is clearly willing to work for it. “If I have to grub for money all day long as least at evening I want it beautiful. I want a family, I want kids, I want to build something I can give myself to. Annie is in the middle of that. Now … where do I find it?” (Miller pg. 98).

A View From The Bridge is a play that probably has the least amount of examples of either value or dreams. Eddie expects a certain level respect and he feels superior to others in some regards. Rudolpho and Marco had dreams of coming to a new country and earning a living and being ok. They each have other ideas of how to do that and what to do with it once they have

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