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Background of the crucible: Arthur Miller

Background of the crucible: Arthur Miller. Mylene Abesamis Connor Bisquera Danny Aguiniga David Chavez. Background. -Arthur Miller was born on October 17, 1915 in New York city -In 1932 after graduating high school Miller went to work in an auto parts warehouse

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Background of the crucible: Arthur Miller

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  1. Background of the crucible:Arthur Miller MyleneAbesamis Connor Bisquera Danny Aguiniga David Chavez

  2. Background -Arthur Miller was born on October 17, 1915 in New York city -In 1932 after graduating high school Miller went to work in an auto parts warehouse -Two years later he enrolled in the University of Michigan -He won two Avery Hop Wood award for play writing

  3. SOAPSTONE • Group 1 • Mrs. Hong assigned it • The students • To tell about Arthur Miller’s life • Arthur Miller • Informative

  4. His life • Went to Abraham Lincoln High • Married to Marilyn Monroe • Second of three children of Isidore and Augusta Miller • Parents were polish-Jewish immigrants • Delivered bread every morning before school to help the family • Left his first wife, Mary Slattery

  5. Playwriting Career Playwriting: Writing the script of a play/act Started out a bit rocky Much of his screenplays were successful. Some include: The Man Who Had All the Luck All My Sons The Crucible

  6. accomplishments • Won his first Tony award for the play “All My Sons” • The play “Death of a Salesman won him the Pulitzer Prize, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and a Tony. • Nominated for an Oscar • Nominated for a BAFTA film award • Nominated for a Prime Time Emmy, and won Two Prime Time Emmys • Won a Golden Satellite award

  7. Final Years Before he died, his very last play was: The Price (1968) His 3rd wife died Planned to marry his 4th wife, Agnes Barley. Unfortunately, on February 10, 2005 (the 56th anniversary of Death of a Salesman's Broadway debut), Miller died at 89 years old due to heart failure.

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