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1、Happy April Fools Day,李乐 罗慧,Arthur Miller,4,Major Them,Personal,Name: Arthur miller Chinese Name:阿瑟米勒 Nationality: America Date of birth:The 17th of Oct.1915 Date of death:The 10th of Feb.2005 Identity: dramatist Marital status: three marriages Hometown:New York Graduate College:University of Michig
2、an,Back,Life Story,Arthur Miller, the son of a womens clothing company owner, was born in 1915 in New York City. His father lost his business in the Depression and the family was forced to move to a smaller home in Brooklyn. After graduating from high school, Miller worked jobs ranging from radio si
3、nger to truck driver to clerk in an automobile-parts warehouse. Miller began writing plays as a student at the University of Michigan, joining the Federal Theater Project in New York City after he received his degree,Life Story,ArthurMiller had three marriages .The most famous is he married MarilynM
4、onroe in 1956 on July 1st . Monroe was his second wife. But the marriage is not ideal, finally ,in 5 years ended in failure. They divorced in 1960.And Miller married again in 1962.But Monroe took her own life.,Life Story,Video,Back,Major Plays,Screenplays(电影剧本） All My Sons全是我儿子 (1948) The Hook (1947
5、) Lets Make Love (1960) Death of a Salesman推销员之死 (1985) The Crucible 炼狱/萨勒姆的女巫(1995) Others A View From the Bridge 桥头眺望1955 After the Fall 坠落之后1964 The archbishops ceiling 大主教的天花板1977,Major Plays,Stage plays（舞台剧） They Too Arise (1937, based on No Villain) Honors at Dawn (1938, based on They Too Aris
6、e) The Great Disobedience (1938) Listen My Children (1939, with Norman Rosten) The Golden Years (1940) The Man Who Had All the Luck (1940) All My Sons (1949) Death of a Salesman (1949),Major Plays,Radio plays（广播剧） Joel Chandler Harris (1941) Captain Paul (1941) The Battle of the Ovens (1942) The Fou
7、r Freedoms (1942) That They May Win (1943) Listen for the Sound of Wings (1943) Bernardine (1944) I Love You (1944) Grandpa and the Statue (1944),Back,Major Plays,Death of a Salesman 推销员之死is a story of a traveling salesman，Willy Loman , who choose fame and wealth as the false goals for his life and
8、is finally driven to suicide.,Back,The Crucible 炼狱 is a play about the Salem witchcraft trials(萨勒姆女巫案） in Massachusettes in 1692 when innocent people were forced to make confessions（承认） and betray（背叛) their friends or to be executed. It is a parable(寓言） of the McCarthyite（麦卡锡主义者） anti-communist “ wi
9、tch hunt”.,Major Plays,Back,Major Thems,More than any other playwright working today, Arthur Miller has dedicated（奉献) himself to the investigation of the moral plight (道德保证）of the white American working class. His hero often finds himself under pressure from society, trying in vain to extricate（解脱）
10、himself from the physical and spiritual quandary (困惑）and finding release only in death, often in the form of suicide.,Major Thems,the dangers of rampant（蔓延） materialism（唯物主义）, the sins committed in the name of “free enterprise,“ the struggle for dignity in a dehumanizing world, the perils besetting
11、human rights. moral responsibility to family and community,Back,of his works,Short Summary,American playwright and essayist a prominent（突出的） figure in American theatre and cinema for over 61 years a wide variety of dramas Recipient（容纳者） of the Pulitzer（普利策奖) Prize for Drama among countless other awards, and for his marriage to Marilyn Monroe. Miller is considered by audiences and scholars as one of Americas greatest playwrights and his plays are lauded (赞美）throughout the world.,Back,Thank You,Be Careful,Good Luck,
