How Does Arthur Miller Show Guilt

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Arthur Miller demonstrates guilt can cause you to explode and also that staying hopeful in hard times is difficult. They were shown throughout the whole play
A theme that was apparent throughout the play All My Sons was that it is hard to stay hopeful when things aren't going the way you had hoped they would, but that does not mean you should give up. Onsome occasions it is just right to give up. For example, when mother knew Larry wasn't coming back,. It's not wrong to give up if you don't see a result or something changing,.,BBut at the end of the day you choose whether to give up or not. This means that sometimes people or things cause you to lose faith in a situation, but that doesn't mean you should give up. It means to try a little harder, and find a solution, or wait and time will reveal the truth. Readers see this in the play when the family grows a tree to symbolize their hope for Larry’s return, when mother doesn't give up on Larry even after all the others do, and finally when Ann doesn’t give up on her and Chris’ relationship. Mother has hope. This stuck out to me the most simply because I consider it to …show more content…

This quote shows how nothing good will come out of doing bad things. It would only make you feel guilty in the long run and you would not enjoy it as much as you thought you would. A theme that is seen throughout the play is when you don’t own up to your own mistakes the guilt can build up inside and cause you to explode. In the play we see guilt among Chris the son, Keller the dad, and even Ann, and her dad. In the beginning of the play Mr. Keller doesn't feel as guilty as he should because he did so much harm to people who trusted him with his life. Also backstabbing his good old partner Harbert Deever in letting him take all the blame for his

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