Regardless to other contemporary playwrights Arthur Miller’s works have been a source of attention. It is an acknowledged fact that his mindset as a creative artist is of an outstanding calibre and high artistic maturation. Yet again, the literary products of Arthur Miller are qualified by contextual relevance, structural finesse, organizational tightness, verbal brilliance, and artistic control. The plays of Arthur Miller have been subjected to real presentation of society. Following the great realistic and socialistic dramatic tradition of Ibsen and Shaw, Arthur Miller promoted such plays in the American scenario. Most of his plays are very sensitive dramatizations of contemporary problems arising out of the materialistic pursuits of man. He does not invest his characters with any heroic, romantic, or divine qualities. There are no old world charms about them. Still they carry about them all the tragic aura of a king or a prince of the classical dramas. The critics say, his plays are the depiction of real societal characters . In this article the analysis of the characters of some major plays have been reviewed and it has been traced that Arthur Miller has been a true advocate of the American modern society and his characters maintain a high order of dignity and the plays have elements of realism.
Research Scholar, Department of English, Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
