As a character in another Miller play (After the Fall) remarks, the past is holy. Why? Not merely because the present contains the past, but because … - Arthur Miller

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As a character in another Miller play (After the Fall) remarks, the past is holy. Why? Not merely because the present contains the past, but because a moral world depends on an acceptance of the notion of causality, on an acknowledgment that we are responsible for, and a product of, our actions.

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About Arthur Miller

Arthur Asher Miller (17 October 1915 – 10 February 2005) was an American playwright, essayist, and author. Widely recognized as one of the most significant American playwrights of the 20th Century, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1949 for Death of a Salesman.

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Pen Names: Jonathan Lovelett
Birth Name: Arthur Asher Miller
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