English Lit

English Lit

The importance of Ann Deever
Chris. However, since Kate (Larry's seriously-in-denial Mom) believes that her eldest son is still alive, she is mortified when she discovers that Ann and Chris plan to marry. On top of all this tragedy/romance material, Ann also laments the disgrace of her father (Steve Deever), whom she believes is the sole criminal, guilty of selling faulty parts to the military. (Thus, there's great dramatic tension, as the audience waits to see how Ann will react when she discovers the truth: Steve isn't the only guilty one. Joe Keller is guilty too!)
Ann is the daughter of Steve Deever and was also the former fiancée of dead Larry Keller. A little while after Larry's death, Chris and Ann start writing letters to each other. Their relationship becomes stronger and closer as they were both carrying the same grieve about Larry and then realised there feelings for each other were more than they both thought. They then decided that she should return to the Keller household to figure a way to tell Kate and Joe that they want to marry each other. Ann was described at the beginning of the play as a beautiful young woman with a strong mind and knows exactly what she wants. Ann was a very loving, caring and happy young women who respects everyone but yet troubled. However Ann being so determined to accomplish her goals turns into stubbornness later on in the play, as she doesn’t give up on convincing the Keller’s that Larry is dead.
All my sons links to the Greek tragedy   written by Arthur Miller as he often   t Grecian tragedies of the likes of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. In these plays the tragic hero or protagonist will commit an offence, often unknowingly, which will return to haunt him, sometimes many years later. The play encapsulates all the fallout from the offense into a 24 hour time span. During that day, the protagonist must learn his fault and suffer as a result, and perhaps even die. In this way the gods are shown to be just and...