Context & Writer's Techniques (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Year 'All My Sons' premiered on Broadway
Year 'All My Sons' premiered on Broadway
1947
Number of pilots killed by defective P-40 Warhawk engines
Number of pilots killed by defective P-40 Warhawk engines
21 pilots
Miller's first major theatrical success
Miller's first major theatrical success
'All My Sons'
Norwegian playwright who influenced Miller
Norwegian playwright who influenced Miller
Henrik Ibsen
Dramatic technique: play in one location
Dramatic technique: play in one location
Single set realism
Technique where audience knows more than characters
Technique where audience knows more than characters
Dramatic irony
Years of backstory compressed into play's single day
Years of backstory compressed into play's single day
3.5 years (Autumn 1943 to August 1947)
Joe Keller's tragic flaw (hamartia)
Joe Keller's tragic flaw (hamartia)
Limited sense of responsibility
Joe's moment of recognition (anagnorisis)
Joe's moment of recognition (anagnorisis)
Reading Larry's letter
Symbolic meaning of defective cylinder heads
Symbolic meaning of defective cylinder heads
Blood money/profit gained through death