All My Sons

All My Sons

All My Sons' is a play by Arthur Miller. Setting of the play is time of second world war. Plot of the play moves around wealthy Keller family. Joe Keller, a businessman, lives with his wife, Kate, and son, Chris, in America. Their other son Larry was missing who has taken part in World War II. Three years had passed and everybody was sure of his death except his mother who is very superstitious. Chris tries to explain to give up that hope because he wants to marry Ann, Larry's former fiancée. Kate goes frustrated because marriage of Chris and Ann was going to be reality and if it happen then it means Larry is dead. She don't want to accept it. Because it means his own father killed him. Ann shows a letter from Larry who proves that he is dead. Chris finally comes to know his father's guilt. But he won't do anything about it. He won't even ask his father to go to prison.
In the end Joe Keller realities his guilt and thinks that not only Larry was his son but all who died because of him were his sons. He goes inside to get his things. A gunshot is heard. Joe Keller had committed suicide.
Relatedness:
In the drama their are some elements to think about the distance of personal and public matters. Keller thinks that it is not bad to supply leak cylinder to the Air force, he also thinks that when it's about the sake of family there is no crimes in it. On the other hand his son's Larry and Chris they think that nothing is important than the responsibility towards nation.

In the drama we saw a complex relatedness.

Flashback/ The Past:
The whole play is about past. Larry is not in present but he since gives a effects on Keller family and also Joe's suicide.
So, to summaries Miller described that past effects on the present and also gives a shape of futere .


Idealism v/s Practicality:
Chris in the drama is a idealist character another side Joe in the drama is a practical.

Lake of Love:
In the drama Miller also represent the unconditional love.

In the drama we see unconditional love between: