All My Sons Flashcards
“Character after character invokes
Money as a reason for relinquishing ideals or hopes” Christopher Bigsby
Ann”signifies public acknowledgement of
Larry’s death” Christopher Bigsby
Joe Keller “represents a
Pragmatism that coexisted with… idealism in wartime America” Christopher Bigsby
“Joe and his wife live in
Fear of bad news” CB
Chris “seems to quietly abandon
His own rhetoric” CB
Annie, I’m going to make a
Fortune for you
“Kate’s knowledge
Strips him of the authority he once wielded”CB
“The language of material success blots our the
Language of guilt”
Miller has also said that he does not
See Keller as a criminal
“Joe keller knows he is guilty but
Has to preserve the idea of his innocence”
“They all construct fiction that enable them to
Justify themselves in their own eyes”CB
Tall, closely
Planted poplars
Fruits still
Clinging to its branches
Well that’s what a war does
I had two sons, now I got one
Seeing the jail
Ain’t allowed, Bert
You have such a talent for ignoring things
I ignore what I gotta ignore
Every time I reach out for something I want
I have to pull back because other people wil suffer
You marry that girl and you’re
Pronouncing him dead
I’ve been a good son too long,
I good sucker. I’m through with it
That’s only for you, Chris,
The whole shooting match is for you!
Everything that happened
Seems to be coming back
Everybody was in such a
Hurry to bury him
Because if he’s not coming back,
Then I’ll kill myself!
Because certain things have to be…
Like the sun has to rise
All the one who yelled murderer
Taking my money now
The beast!
I was the beast
He murdered
21 pilots
Father or no father
There’s only one way to look at him
They didn’t die
They killed themselves for each other
Otherwise what you really have is loot,
And there’s blood in it
Be smart now joe.
The boy is coming. Be smart.
You notice there’s more
Light with that thing gone
There are certain people, y’know,
The sicker they get the longer they live
Chris makes people want to be better
Than it’s possible to be
The holy
Family
Everybody know joe pulled a
Fast one to get out of jail
There’s not a person on this block
Who doesn’t know the truth
Phone
Idealism
My only accomplishment
Is my son
I don’t understand why she has to
Crucify the man
He suddenly gets the flu!
Suddenly! But he promised to take responsibility
The voice of
God
Honest to god
It breaks my heart to see what happened to all the children
Your bothers alive, darling, because
If he’s dead, your father killed him
God does not let a son be
Killed by his father
For me! For me! I was dying everyday
And you were killing my boys and you did it for me?
(stumbles away) What must i do,
Jesus god, what must I do?
It takes a certain talent…
For lying. You have it and I do. But not him
you wanted money
so I made money. what must I be forgiven?
its got to
excuse it!
theres something bigger than family to him
nothing is bigger
im not trying to
hurt you kate
your’e going in the morning, and your
going alone
im yellow
I was made yellow in this house because I suspected my father and I did nothing about it
I could jail him, if I were human any more.
but im like everybody else now. Im practical now. You made me practical.
only the dead ones wernt
practical
im an old
dead man, nothing is mine
war and peace,
its nickels and dimes
Half the goddamn country gotta go
if I gotta go!
(pleading) Chris, a man cant be a
Jesus in this world
Sure he was my son.
But I think to him they were all my sons. and I guess the were, I guess they were.
What more can we be!
You can be better! Once and for all you can know there’s a universe of people outside and you’re responsible to it
the war is over! Didn’t
you hear?—its over!
Mother, I didnt
mean to…
Don’t dear. Don’t take it on yourself.
forget now. live.
