Piazza-Miller

**OTHER INFORMATION**
 * ARTHUR MILLER (1915-2005)**
 * Born in Harlem, New York City.
 * As a boy, often read adventure novels but was considered a "non intellectual"
 * His family's move to Brooklyn was the matrix for Willy Loman's home in "The Death of a Salesman"
 * He was most famous for one, his play "The Death of a Salesman," and two, his marriage to Marilyn Monroe.
 * Was greatly influenced by Greek dramatists, (especially Sophocles,) and modeled Willy Loman as a tragic hero
 * FAMOUS WORKS**
 * Most well-known were "The Death of A Salesman" and "The Crucible"
 * His first play to appear on Broadway was "The Man Who Had All the Luck"
 * "Focus" was his first novel. It was about **anti-semitism**- "a term used to describe prejudice against or hostility towards Jews, often rooted in hatred of their religious/cultural/ethnic background," for he was born into a Jewish immigrant family.
 * "The Crucible" was a play about the Salem Witch Trials
 * "The Theatre Essays of Arthur Miller," which he wrote in 1978
 * In the 90's, he wrote both "The Last Yankee," and "The Ride Down Mount Morgan"
 * Along with many others
 * Was artistically affiliated with Elia Kazan (for he directed Miller's play "A Death of a Salesman,") who also dated Monroe.
 * Kazan, in order to not be blacklisted, gave the names of eight individuals who had been fellow members of the communist party.
 * "The Crucible," written by Miller about the Salem Witch Trials, was allegorical towards Kazan's claims to the House Un-American Activities Committee.
 * Was the first U.S. winner of Spain's "Principe de Asturias Prize for Literature" award
 * Died of heart failure in 2005
 * WORKS CITED**
 * Galvin, Rachel. "Arthur Miller Biography." //Nation Endowment for the Humanities//. Web. 3 Jan 2010. <[]>
 * Liukkonen, Petri. "Arthur Miller." //Pegasos//. Web. 3 Jan 2010. <[]>