Idealism in arthur miller's drama Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller, the ex-husband of American dramatist and Hollywood movie star Marilyn Monroe, died at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut on June 5438+0 1, at the age of 89.

During his lifetime, Miller won the pulitzer prize for drama, new york Drama Criticism Award and new york Drama Music Award for his classic plays such as Death of a Salesman and Untimely Man.

Married for the fourth time in February last year, 65438.

From 65438 to 0949, Miller became famous at the age of 33. That year, he won the pulitzer prize for drama and three Tony Awards for Death of a Salesman. The play exposes many disadvantages of the United States, the hypocrisy and darkness of American society, and lays the foundation for Miller to become a great American playwright.

1956, Miller's second marriage with Hollywood sexy movie star Marilyn Monroe made the playwright's reputation more prosperous. But Miller claimed that he had never gained such a reputation. In an interview with 1992, Miller called Monroe "highly self-destructive" and said that during their marriage, "all my energy and attention were devoted to trying to help her solve her own problems. Unfortunately, I didn't achieve much success. 」

196 1 year, Miller and Monroe broke up. The following year, Miller married photographer Inge Mallasz. This marriage lasted until Mallasz died in 2002. In February 65438, Miller announced that he would get married for the fourth time, marrying 34-year-old artist Agnes Barry.

The work analyzes the broken classes in American society.

Miller's works strongly reflect the problems of family, morality and personal responsibility, and analyze the increasingly broken classes in American society. Miller 1988 once said, "Many of my works are related to the center of our society. If there is a root of life, then this family has been fragmented and people have not lived in the same place for a long time. " He said, "Chaos may be part of our anxiety. It instills the feeling that nothing will last forever. Miller claimed, "I never thought that a work like Death of a Salesman would have such a big social response. Originally, this was just a realistic script about a real salesman. But it has become a myth, not only here but also in other parts of the world. 」

The best screenplay will be presented in 50 years.

1999, just 50 years after Death of a Salesman won the Tony Award for Best Drama, Death of a Salesman won the Best Restoration Award on Broadway. The play also won the highest performance award for Brian Dinic, who plays Roman. Miller, then 83, accepted the lifetime achievement award. 1953, he won the Tony Award for another play, The Furnace. That play is still read by thousands of American high school students every year, and it is Miller's most popular stage play. (Jiang Jianping)