Arthur Miller was born on October 17, 1915 in Manhattan, New York; and died on February 10, 2005 in Roxbury, Connecticut. He is known as a playwright, author, essayist, screenwriter, voice actor and a novelist. His nationality is American and his favorite plays are the “Time Bends”, “The Crucible”, “All of my Sons”, “Death of a Salesman” and “A View from the Bridge”.
Arthur Miller’s father was an Austrian Jewish immigrant who owned a woman’s clothing manufacturing business. His father lost his wealth during the Great Depression in the early 1930’s. Miller’s family had to suffer through economic hardship and could not afford to send him to college. Miller’s faith and political views led to his debates that criticized modern American society, particularly those issues dealing with inequalities in labor and race.
Arthur Miller was excused from military service during WWII because of his high school football injury. Miller majored in Journalism and worked for the student paper. Miller enrolled in playwriting and was taught by the influential professor
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had an interview with Arthur Miller about the “ Death of a Salesman” play. Kullman questions Miller about his thoughts on his accomplishment of the play. In response Miller talks about the American civilization, and how it varies in different ways. During the interview Kullman asks variety of questions to Miller just to figure out what his response would be like for each one. Miller mostly reflects his thoughts on the American dream. For example Kullman questions Miller saying “ You describe in Timebends a Chinese man coming up to you and saying, "It's what we all want, the dream, to have it all." Coming from a communist country, doesn't such a comment seem strange?”. And Miller’s response towards his statement is “ It makes me wonder every time it opens in another country. How will the play be understood or misunderstood?”. Kullman asks a variety of racial questions just to observe his