阿瑟米勒.pptx

李乐 罗慧Personal1Life story2Major plays3Short summary54MajorThemName:ArthurmillerChineseName:阿瑟米勒Nationality:AmericaDateofbirth:The17thofOct.1915Dateofdeath:The10thofFeb.2005Identity:dramatistMaritalstatus:threemarriagesHometown:NewYorkGraduateCollege:UniversityofMichiganArthurMiller,thesonofawomensclothingcompanyowner,wasbornin1915inNewYorkCity.HisfatherlosthisbusinessintheDepressionandthefamilywasforcedtomovetoasmallerhomeinBrooklyn.Aftergraduatingfromhighschool,Millerworkedjobsrangingfromradiosingertotruckdrivertoclerkinanautomobile-partswarehouse.MillerbeganwritingplaysasastudentattheUniversityofMichigan,joiningtheFederalTheaterProjectinNewYorkCityafterhereceivedhisdegreeArthurMillerhadthreemarriages.ThemostfamousishemarriedMarilynMonroein1956onJuly1st.Monroewashissecondwife.Butthemarriageisnotideal,finally,in5yearsendedinfailure.Theydivorcedin1960.AndMillermarriedagainin1962.ButMonroetookherownlife.Screenplays(Screenplays(电影剧本）电影剧本）电影剧本）电影剧本）All My Sons全是我儿子全是我儿子(1948)TheHook(1947)LetsMakeLove(1960)Death of a Salesman推销员之推销员之死死(1985)The Crucible 炼狱炼狱/萨勒姆萨勒姆的女巫的女巫(1995)OthersA View From the Bridge 桥头桥头眺望眺望1955After the Fall 坠落之后坠落之后1964The archbishops ceiling 大主大主教的天花板教的天花板1977Stage plays（舞台剧）（舞台剧）TheyTooArise(1937,basedonNoVillain)HonorsatDawn(1938,basedonTheyTooArise)TheGreatDisobedience(1938)ListenMyChildren(1939,withNormanRosten)TheGoldenYears(1940)TheManWhoHadAlltheLuck(1940)AllMySons(1949)DeathofaSalesman(1949).Radio playsRadio plays（广播剧）（广播剧）（广播剧）（广播剧）JoelChandlerHarris(1941)CaptainPaul(1941)TheBattleoftheOvens(1942)TheFourFreedoms(1942)ThatTheyMayWin(1943)ListenfortheSoundofWings(1943)Bernardine(1944)ILoveYou(1944)GrandpaandtheStatue(1944).Death of a Salesman推销员之死isastoryofatravelingsalesman，WillyLoman,whochoosefameandwealthasthefalsegoalsforhislifeandisfinallydriventosuicide.The Crucible 炼狱炼狱isaplayabouttheSalemwitchcrafttrials(萨勒姆女巫案）inMassachusettesin1692wheninnocentpeoplewereforcedtomakeconfessions（承认）andbetray（背叛)theirfriendsortobeexecuted.Itisaparable(寓言）oftheMcCarthyite（麦卡锡主义者）anti-communist“witchhunt”.Morethananyotherplaywrightworkingtoday,ArthurMillerhasdedicated（奉献)himselftotheinvestigationofthemoralplight(道德保证）ofthewhiteAmericanworkingclass.Hisherooftenfindshimselfunderpressurefromsociety,tryinginvaintoextricate（解脱）himselffromthephysicalandspiritualquandary(困惑）andfindingreleaseonlyindeath,oftenintheformofsuicide.thedangersoframpant（蔓延）materialism（唯物主义）,thesinscommittedinthenameoffreeenterprise,thestrugglefordignityinadehumanizingworld,theperilsbesettinghumanrights.moralresponsibilitytofamilyandcommunityAmericanplaywrightandessayistaprominent（突出的）figureinAmericantheatreandcinemaforover61yearsawidevarietyofdramasRecipient（容纳者）ofthePulitzer（普利策奖)PrizeforDramaamongcountlessotherawards,andforhismarriagetoMarilynMonroe.MillerisconsideredbyaudiencesandscholarsasoneofAmericasgreatestplaywrightsandhisplaysarelauded(赞美）throughouttheworld.