A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF REALISM AND SOCIAL PROTEST IN ARTHUR MILLER’S SELECTED PLAYS

Arthur Miller revolutionized modern American drama by combining realism with social protest. His selected plays reveal the tensions between individuals and society, morality and capitalism, truth and political power. In Death of a Salesman, Miller critiques capitalist dreams; in All My Sons, he exposes corporate greed; in The Crucible, he protests political oppression; and in A View from the Bridge, he examines social alienation and identity conflicts. Miller’s realism is therefore not passive imitation but active social intervention. His dramatic works continue to remain relevant because they address universal human concerns through realistic representation and moral inquiry.

1.        Arthur Miller. Death of a Salesman. New York: Viking Press, 1949. 2.        Arthur Miller. All My Sons. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1947. 3.        Arthur Miller. The Crucible. New York: Penguin Books, 1953. 4.        Arthur Miller. A View from the Bridge. Penguin Books. 5.        Henrik Ibsen. A Doll’s House. 6.        Georg Lukács. Studies in European Realism. 7.        “The American Dramatic Tradition: Idea and Technique in the Plays of Arthur Miller.” 8.        “Depiction of American Socio-Economic Reality in the Major Plays of Arthur Miller.” 9.        “Pragmatism in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons.” 10.     “Comparative Analysis of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons and Death of a Salesman as Ibsenite Plays.” 11.     “A Synthesis of Psychological Aspects with the Sociological Constraints in Arthur Miller Tragedies.” 12.     “Tragedy and Social Drama in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman.” 13.     “Individual Sin Versus Social Responsibility in the Major Plays of Arthur Miller.”