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marleaf7's review
3.0
3.5
i honestly liked this play a lot more than I thought I would. I like how miller set up the betraly and everything, it was cool. It was honestly a lot more tragic than king lear or medea lmaooo
i honestly liked this play a lot more than I thought I would. I like how miller set up the betraly and everything, it was cool. It was honestly a lot more tragic than king lear or medea lmaooo
roryhankins20's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Much like the majority of Miller's plays, All My Sons, focusses on an angry father figure and his strained relationships in 40s America. A harsh and emotional play, enjoyable at times but often so sad that any sort of joy in the text is quickly washed away.
rayannatie's review
5.0
Relatively short play that has good character depth, tackles tough world issues and most importantly what we do as individuals and families when are ideals and our (perceived) survival clash.
tatianareadsbooks's review
5.0
Easily the best play I’ve read all year and a contender for my all-time favorite (as well as my favorite playwright). After reading I got to experience the full-cast performance by L.A. Theatre Works with James Farentino as Joe Keller, Arye Gross as Chris Keller, and Julie Harris as Kate Keller. This production was incredibly moving and raw with emotion. There’s portions I had to stop and reread, getting that painful feeling in my throat as I empathized with characters. You can feel the pain of war from every perspective here amplified by the dynamic between fathers and sons.
Favorite lines:
Chris:
“that’s the kind of guys I had. They didn’t die; they killed themselves for each other. I mean that exactly; a little more selfish and they’d’ve been here today.”
“And then I came home and it was incredible. I . . . there was no meaning in it here; the whole thing to them was a kind of a—bus accident…I felt . . . what you said . . . ashamed somehow. Because nobody was changed at all. It seemed to make suckers out of a lot of guys. I felt wrong to be alive, to open the bank-book, to drive the new car, to see the new refrigerator. I mean you can take those things out of a war, but when you drive that car you’ve got to know that it came out of the love a man can have for a man, you’ve got to be a little better because of that. Otherwise what you have is really loot, and there’s blood on it. I didn’t want to take any of it.”
“Then what’ll I do it for? We used to shoot a man who acted like a dog, but honor was real there, you were protecting something. But here? This is the land of the great big dogs, you don’t love a man here, you eat him!”
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“I know you’re no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you as my father.”
Favorite lines:
Chris:
“that’s the kind of guys I had. They didn’t die; they killed themselves for each other. I mean that exactly; a little more selfish and they’d’ve been here today.”
“And then I came home and it was incredible. I . . . there was no meaning in it here; the whole thing to them was a kind of a—bus accident…I felt . . . what you said . . . ashamed somehow. Because nobody was changed at all. It seemed to make suckers out of a lot of guys. I felt wrong to be alive, to open the bank-book, to drive the new car, to see the new refrigerator. I mean you can take those things out of a war, but when you drive that car you’ve got to know that it came out of the love a man can have for a man, you’ve got to be a little better because of that. Otherwise what you have is really loot, and there’s blood on it. I didn’t want to take any of it.”
“Then what’ll I do it for? We used to shoot a man who acted like a dog, but honor was real there, you were protecting something. But here? This is the land of the great big dogs, you don’t love a man here, you eat him!”
SPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER SPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER SPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER SPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER
“I know you’re no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you as my father.”
ettieluva4eva's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
anka_trini's review against another edition
5.0
So this is a first for me. I've never cried my eyes out because of a play before.
If you like plays at all, you should definitely pick this one up.
If you like plays at all, you should definitely pick this one up.
melbe11's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
melsslibrary's review
sad
tense
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Arthur Miller's All My Sons left me thinking about many things. It is crazy when put into perspective, how one lie can unravel and cause disaster. The play talks about many themes, such as the importance of family, morality, and even self-deception.
I like to think that Arthur Miller wrote this as a critique of what the American Dream was (since life has changed drastically since the 40s,) and how individuals get blinded in pursuit of certain dreams to the point they forget about their morals and values.
The addressing of corporate greed, ethical dilemmas, and accountability remain relevant to this day because we still live in a society where money is everything and integrity can still be lost as long as a person is making a profit we can see how modern audience can find that there is something to learn about the play.