Technical and Scenic Craftsmanship in "Death of a Salesman"

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"The purpose of this paper is to discuss "Death of a Salesman", with particular emphasis on Arthur Miller's technical and scenic craftsmanship, his concept of social realism, and tragic elements of the play.

Many American critics with a political bias saw Death of a Salesman and, later, The Crucible (1953) as political statements antithetical to the establishment. During the McCarthy era, Miller was refused a passport to attend the opening of The Crucible in Brussels. In 1956, he was called before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, where he refused to name suspected communists and was consequently convicted of contempt of Congress. Although the conviction was unanimously reversed by the Supreme Court in 1958, it brought him a good deal of adverse publicity."

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