Dramatic Tension in Miller's All My Sons
This extract begins with Chris and Ann deciding how they're going to
break the news to the Kellers. They start with Joe Keller, and he
somewhat approves. The scene is lighthearted until Keller finds out
the George is on the phone for Ann from Columbia. This drives is
suspicions and gets him very protective. He begins to try and hint to
Chris that Ann is here to try and convict him of the death of Larry.
Chris then gets very angry with him, and Joe compensates by bringing
out his extreme love and care for the success of his family. The
tension of the scene gradually builds up until this part, where Joe
Keller abruptly gets very content and jokes about how they will "get
Kate so drunk that night they'll all get married!"
Meanwhile Ann is very nervous about breaking the news to Kate. Miller
creates a slight form of tension here, as the audience also feels
anxious to see what would happen when the news is broken to Kate, as
she says that she is "not very good in an argument" This nervousness
hints that there will be great conflict when they announce their
marriage to Kate. However, Chris gallantly and typically re-assures
her and brings down the tension again when he says she should "just
leave it to him". She is on the phone with George finding out more
details about Joe's crime, after disowning their own father for the
crime.
This extract plays a significant role in the play, as it shows how
Chris can become very defensive over the woman he loves, and how Joe
is very paranoid, as he is troubled by the thoughts of his crime, and
therefore begins to accuse Ann's visit to be one of negativ...
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...that whenever Joe hears of George's presence he begins to get
very uncomfortable, and compensates his guiltiness with the accusation
of other people's faults. I feel he is in some sort of denial as he
keeps telling himself that he committed this crime for his family.
However Chris is angry that the world has not been changed, that the
selflessness of his fellow soldiers counts for nothing. He feels
guilty to make money out of a business which does not value the men on
whose labour it relies. So he keeps getting angry at his father.
This extract is a key to the turning point in the play, as the truth
is to be unraveled very soon after. So its significance is in the fact
that it prepares the audience for the disagreements and arguments
where the truth is revealed in the play, with the constant rise and
fall in tension.
Sometimes, cuts in a play obey to reasons regarding the stage capacity, or your budget. In the essay, we will choose our cuts based on the play only, as we consider it an interesting exercise that will surely help us understanding the play. We decided to read the play a couple of times, highlighting the elements we could cut, and after thinking carefully, these are the parts we would cut. We intended to keep it short, as not to alter the meaning of the play, or hinder any part of the plot, we focused on trimming parts that would not necessarily add up to the plot, but instead, are there to show the human parts of the play, these parts are important in their own right, of course, but in our cut, we focused on the plot, excuse us beforehand if we are too severe, and cut some parts we should have
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