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This 9 page paper considers some of the logical fallacies and cognitive distortions that occur in Arthur Miller’s great play, Death of a Salesman. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Logical Fallacies in Death of a Salesman Research Compiled for
, Inc. by K. Von Huben 6/2010 Please Introduction Arthur Millers play Death of a Salesman won the Tony,
the Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. It is a classic of the American theater and remains popular in performance today, more than 60 years after it was written.
This paper considers the logical fallacies and cognitive distortions that can be found in the play. Discussion Author: Arthur Asher Miller was born in New York City in 1915 and
grew up in Brooklyn, where he did odd jobs after he graduated from high school (Galvin). He began writing plays while he was studying at the University of Michigan, and
he joined the "Federal Theater Project in New York City after he received his degree" (Galvin). His first play, The Man Who Had All the Luck, opened in 1944; All
My Sons, his first great success, was next and won him the Drama Critics Circle Award (Galvin). In 1949 came his biggest of all, Death of a Salesman, which won
the Pulitzer and the Tony (Galvin). Miller was one of those subpoenaed by the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee, which was on an anti-Communist witch hunt led by Senator
Joseph McCarthy (Galvin). Miller was summoned in 1956 and 1957, but refused to testify against other artists who were thought to be communists; his defiance earned him a conviction for
contempt of Congress (Galvin). The conviction was overturned the next year (Galvin). Miller had three wives; the second was the Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe (Galvin). Major awards included the
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