International Journal of Innovative Research and Development

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Arthur Miller’s growth as a creative visionary has been shaped by many influences, of which two are prominently traced out. First, the influence he inherited and second, that he experienced during the period of his growth. Both the forces are equally responsible in providing a personality that Miller claims to be his own. The tragic impulses the audience find in his plays are the creation of a creative faculty that is unique and belongs only to Arthur Miller. There were many playwrights who were his contemporary, and who shone, in some respects, brighter than he could. But, none could mesmerise the audience with such piercing accuracy, as Miller could. Undoubtedly, Miller’s contemporaries are great in their own right and in their own chosen areas. But, Miller’s area of creativity, that is, the genre of social tragedy remains unintersected by any of his contemporaries. His contemporaries, Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee, and his seniors, Elmer Rice and O’Neill, do have their impact on Miller. Miller is shaped by many other influences.

Arthur Miller’s growth as a creative visionary has been shaped by many influences, of which two are prominently traced out. First, the influence he inherited and second, that he experienced during the period of his growth. Both the forces are equally responsible in providing a personality that Miller claims to be his own. The tragic impulses the audience find in his plays are the creation of a creative faculty that is unique and belongs only to Arthur Miller. There were many playwrights who were his contemporary, and who shone, in some respects, brighter than he could. But, none could mesmerise the audience with such piercing accuracy, as Miller could. Undoubtedly, Miller’s contemporaries are great in their own right and in their own chosen areas. But, Miller’s area of creativity, that is, the genre of social tragedy remains unintersected by any of his contemporaries. His contemporaries, Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee, and his seniors, Elmer Rice and O’Neill, do have their impact on Miller. Miller is shaped by many other influences.

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Miller’s A Memory of Two Mondays is memory of its protagonist, who unfolds it in the form a tale that forms the plot of the play. Tom Wingfield, who reveals the story of Tennessee Williams’s famous play The Glass Menagerie says, “The play is memory”. Bert, the chief exponent of Miller’s A Memory of Two Mondays, has similar ideas while unfolding the story of the play. Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams were contemporary American dramatists. There are remarkable similarities we witness in the formats of both the plays. Protagonists of both the plays appear to similar neurotic inclination. The protagonists in both the plays find themselves in banal human situations they are not suitable for. And in both the plays they endeavour to make their existence meaningful and reasonable interesting. In fact, in both the plays the characters try to live aesthetically and romantically in an exclusive world devoid of any romance.

Miller’s A Memory of Two Mondays is memory of its protagonist, who unfolds it in the form a tale that forms the plot of the play. Tom Wingfield, who reveals the story of Tennessee Williams’s famous play The Glass Menagerie says, “The play is memory”. Bert, the chief exponent of Miller’s A Memory of Two Mondays, has similar ideas while unfolding the story of the play. Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams were contemporary American dramatists. There are remarkable similarities we witness in the formats of both the plays. Protagonists of both the plays appear to similar neurotic inclination. The protagonists in both the plays find themselves in banal human situations they are not suitable for. And in both the plays they endeavour to make their existence meaningful and reasonable interesting. In fact, in both the plays the characters try to live aesthetically and romantically in an exclusive world devoid of any romance.

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