Joe Keller in All My Sons Essay -- Arthur Miller

How to Make Joe Keller Look BadKELLER Say, I aint got time to get unquiet.MOTHER He hasnt been laid up in fifteen years.KELLER Except my flu during the war.MOTHER Huhh?KELLER My flu, when I was sick duringthe war.MOTHER Well, sure(to George) I mean except for that flu. (George stands perfectly still) Well, it slipped my mind, founding fathert look at me that way. He wanted to go to the reveal but he couldnt lift himself off the bed. I mind he had pneumonia.GEORGE Why did you say hes never-?KELLER I go how you feel, kid, Ill never forgive myself. If I couldve gone in that daytime Id never allow Dad to touch those heads.GEORGE She utter youve never been sick.MOTHER I said he was sick, George.George (going to Ann) Ann, didnt you witness her say-?MOTHER Do you remember every time you were sick?GEORGE Id remember pneumonia. Especially if I got it just the day my collaborationist was going to patch up cylinder headsWhat happened that day, Joe? In the above lines, Arthur mill ing machine pulls back the veil that has been hiding Joe Kellers past in all My Sons. Not lonesome(prenominal) are these lines critical to the remainder of the plays stock-stillts, but many of the characters also switch emotions almost instantly. With the significance and delicateness of these lines at stake, a director has the responsibility of conveying the language to the auditory sense with only a few pre-existing stage directions as aid. One major way to convey these lines is to remain consistent with how he/she is portraying apiece character to make them still feel convincing to the audience. If directed effectively, Joe Kellers departure from all prior characterization will be even more noniceable. In addition to other possibilities, the... ...l be no keen ending. The chaos George brought into Act II will only magnify afterward this speech. This section is in essence, the loss of stability in the Keller family. Keller is reduced to a shell of his former self as the audience takes on the beliefs of Chris finished the remainder of the play. This scene will hopefully result in defeat towards Keller so that his Youre a boy, what could I do (Miller 2.646) speech does not merit much pity. We realize that although Keller was misunders tood, he lived a lie too long. At the plays end, this scene acted from my viewpoint should give the audience the feeling that even though Kellers suicide is tragic, it is these lines that killed him. Works Cited Richardson, Gary A. and Stephen Watt, eds. American Drama Colonial to Contemporary. Cambridge. MA Heinle & Heinle Publishers, 2003.