[PPT] - CARRY O N S O L D IE R A N I N T R O D U C T I O N T O T H E C PowerPoint Presentation

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S O L D IE R

O N CARRY

C O N T E X T A N D C O N C E R N S I N

A LL M Y S O NS

A N I N T R O D U C T I O N T O T H E L E C T U R E T H R E E

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WAR

I N T H E W A K E O F W O R L D

T W O

S E T I N A U G U S T 1 9 4 7

WAR

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CHRIS

KELLER

A N E W W A R F O R

A B R O T H E R L O S T T O T H E W A R A FA M I LY C L I N G I N G T O T H E P A S T A M O R A L LY S U S P E C T B U S I N E S S A L I F E H E O W E S T O H I S D E A D M E N

SLIDE 4 RAISING THE FLAG ON IWO JIMA JOE ROSENTHAL

STRUGGLE

TO LIVE WITH HONOUR TO FIND CREATION FROM DESTRUCTION TO BE SELFLESS, NOT SELFISH CHRIS’S AN ICONIC MOMENT OF COURAGE TRIUMPH SOLIDARITY ALL MY SONS IS BUILT ON

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Everything was being destroyed, see, but it seemed to me that one new thing was made. A kind of —

responsibility. Man for man.

CHRIS KELLER ACT ONE, 38

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And then I came home and it was

incredible. I — there was no meaning in it
here. I felt — what you said — ashamed
somehow. Because nobody was charged

at all. It seemed to make suckers out of a lot of guys. I felt wrong to be alive, to

pen the bank-book… Otherwise what

you have is really loot, and there's blood

n it. I didn’t want to take any of it.

CHRIS KELLER ACT ONE, 38

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juwv juwv

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILIT Y MORAL IDEALISM REDEMPTION TRUTH FAMILIAL LOYALT Y PRAGMATISM GUILT DENIAL

P A G E T E N D I A L E C T I C A L C O N C E P T S INSOLUBLE TENSIONS BETWEEN CHARACTERS THE PLAY IS DRIVEN BY UNEASY DILEMMAS WITHIN CHARACTERS

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W A R A N D T H E A F T E R M AT H

P A G E T W O H I S T O R I C A L C O N T E X T

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TRUMAN

t h e

C O M M I T T E E C O M M I T T E E

TRUMAN

A CAMPAIGN AGAINST FRAUD AND MISCONDUCT ‘HE'D LIKE TO TAKE EVERY MAN WHO MADE MONEY IN THE WAR AND PUT HIM UP AGAINST A WALL.’ (GEORGE, ACT TWO, 69) ALL MY SONS IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY…

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MILITARY

INDUSTRIAL

COMPLEX

AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION

AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH

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THE WOLF

OF WAR STREET

A WORLD WAR II PROFITEER

“EVERYBODY KNEW A LOT OF ILLICIT FORTUNES WERE BEING MADE. ALL THE RULES WERE BEING VIOLATED EVERY DAY BUT YOU DIDN’T WANT TO MENTION IT.”

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Who worked for nothin’ in that war? It’s dollars and cents, nickels and dimes; war and peace, it’s nickels and dimes, what’s clean?

JOE KELLER ACT THREE, 89

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JUSTICE

I S K E L L E R P U T T O

TRIAL

A S O C I E T Y P L A C E D O N F O R C R I M E S A G A I N S T S O C I E T Y ? F O R I T S I N H U M A N I T Y

REMINDER

T H E E N D I N G I S A S O L E M N F O R T H E A U D I E N C E T O …

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HUMAN

AN APPEAL TO RE-EVALUATE OUR VALUES DON'T YOU LIVE IN THE WORLD? YOU’RE NOT EVEN AN ANIMAL, NO ANIMAL KILLS HIS OWN, WHAT ARE YOU? (ACT TWO, 78)

S E E I T

F O R G I V E A N D L O V E O U R F E L L O W M A N

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T H E A M E R I C A N D R E A M

P A G E T H R E E H I S T O R I C A L C O N T E X T + C O N C E R N

SLIDE 16 W A R E Q U A L S G R O W T H A M E R I C A N ‘ G O L D E N A G E ’ I M M E N S E P R O S P E R I T Y B E T T E R , R I C H E R L I V E S

Middle-class

A G R O W I N G

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Right

TO HAPPINESS

INCREASED DOMESTIC

CONSUMPTION

M AT E R I A L W E A LT H FA M I L I A L B L I S S

THE

INCREASED HOME

OWNERSHIP

MORE HAPPY

FAMILIES

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FRANK

T H E ‘ R I G H T ’ T O T H E

‘HIS HOUSE PAID OFF’ (67)

AMERICAN

D R E A M

L Y D I A

‘THREE BABIES’ (65) ‘TOO R E A L I STI C’ ( 8 )

SUE

‘MONEY.. IMPORTANT’ P R A G M A T I S M A N D

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THE KELLERS

The house is two stories high and has seven rooms… cost perhaps fifteen thousand in the early twenties when it was built. Now it is nicely painted, looks   tight and comfortable... (Act One, 3)

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CHRIS

S T A N D I N G A G A I N S T

YET

S T A N D S F O R S E L F - S A C R I F I C E

T H E S O C I A L T I D E

A N D M O R A L I D E A L I S M ? H E T O O ‘ W A N T S ’ A ‘ B E A U T I F U L ’ L I F E

T H E F A M I L Y I S P A R A M O U N T

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T H E FA M I LY U N I T

P A G E F O U R H I S T O R I C A L C O N T E X T

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Nuclear Nuclear

THE

FAMILY

SOCIAL

Change

SEGMENTATION

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Dysfunction Dysfunction

FAMILIAL

chaos

cynicism

cultured

hurtful ignorant

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CRACKS

HARMONY

I N A C T O N E , F A M I L I A L

COLLAPSE

E M E R G E L A T E R

S T R U C T U R E

W H E N S O N P E R S E C U T E S F A T H E R T H E D R A M AT I C L E A D I N G T O T H E P L A Y A S D O M E S T I C T R A G E D Y

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F A M I L I A L

LOYALTY

J O E , K A T E A N D C H R I S A L L F I E R C E L Y P R O T E C T T H E F A M I L Y A N D A R E T O T H E I N T E R E S T S

B L I N D

F A M I L Y

I S J O E ’ S R A I S O N D ’ E T R E O F S O C I E T Y

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Nothin’s bigger than (the family). And you're going to tell him, you understand? I'm his father and he's my son, and if there's something bigger than that I'll put a bullet in my head!

JOE KELLER ACT THREE, 83

SLIDE 27 I N T E R A C T I V E S E G M E N T

CHRIS, I DID IT FOR YOU. RESPONSIBILITY. MAN FOR MAN.

J O E C H R I S

D I C T I O N W H AT K I N D O F W O R D S ? E F F E C T ? S Y N TA X S U B J E C T & P E R S P E C T I V E ? P U R P O S E T H E U S E O F ‘ F O R ’ D I C T I O N W H AT K I N D O F W O R D S ? E F F E C T ? S Y N TA X S U B J E C T & P E R S P E C T I V E ? P U R P O S E T H E U S E O F ‘ F O R ’

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T H E S O C I A L C O N T R A C T

P A G E S I X P H I L O S O P H I C A L C O N C E P T + C O N C E R N

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SOCIETY

INDIVIDUAL

T H E R E L AT I O N S H I P W I T H A N D H I S T H E I N D I V I D U A L I S B O U N D T O T H E W I D E R I N T E R E S T S O F T H E C O M M U N I T Y ‘ M E N C A N N O T W A L K A W A Y F R O M C E R TA I N O F T H E I R D E E D S ’ ‘ T H E D I G N I T Y O F A D U T Y ’ T H E S O C I A L C O N T R A C T G O V E R N S

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HOBBES HOBBES

S E L F - I N T E R E S T C O M P E T I T I O N S T A T E O F W A R W A R A N D S T R I F E

S T A T E O F N A T U R E A S

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LOCKE LOCKE

H O N O U R A N D D U T Y H A R M O N Y A N D S O L I D A R I T Y

S T A T E O F N A T U R E

O B L I G A T I O N T O ‘ N O T H A R M ’ O T H E R S

A N O P P O S I N G V I E W

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O F OT HE R S RESPONSIBILITY

C H R I S

FOR M Y BOYS D I S R E GA R D

J O E

L A N G U A G E O F C O M P E T I T I O N T H A T ’ S T H E O N LY W A Y Y O U L I C K ‘ E M I S G U T S ! ( 3 2 ) L A N G U A G E O F H O N O U R L I K E S O M E K I N D O F A M O N U M E N T. . M A K E A D I F F E R E N C E T O H I M ( 3 8 )

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This is the land of the great big dogs, you don't love a man here, you eat him! That's the principle; the only

ne we live by... it just happened to

kill a few people this time, that's all.

CHRIS KELLER ACT THREE, 87

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D E N I A L A N D T R U T H

P A G E S E V E N C O N C E R N

SLIDE 35 P E R S I S T E N C E O F T H E

PAST

L A R R Y K E L L E R J O E ’ S T R I A L D E A D P I L O T S D E A D M E N T H E D E E V E R S T H E L E T T E R A P P L E T R E E T O O V E R T U R N T H E P R E S E N T

B ack

T H E P A S T C O M E S

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D elusion

K AT E ’ S OR C ONS C IOUS M ANIP UL AT ION? ‘I WA NT YOU TO ACT LI KE HE ’S COMING B ACK ’ TO C O NC E AL K E L L E R’ S G U I LT ? ‘ YOU A B OV E A L L H AV E GOT TO B E LI E V E ’

D eceit

T H E K E L L E R S ’ J OE KE LLE R’S LIE S C H RIS ’S S E LF- D E C E PT ION

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TRUTH

G E O R G E S E E K S T O E X P O S E T H E C H R I S L E A R N S A B O U T H I S F A T H E R ’ S C U L P A B I L I T Y A N N R E V E A L S T H E L E T T E R T H E P L A Y M O V E S F R O M I G N O R A N C E T O K N O W L E D G E D E N I A L T O T R U T H I N C O N T R A S T …

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G U I LT A N D R E D E M P T I O N

P A G E E I G H T C O N C E R N

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GUILTY

E V E R Y O N E I S

O F S U P P R E S S I N G T H E T R U T H T H E C O M M U N I T Y ‘ K N O W S ’ A B O U T J O E ( 8 0 ) C H R I S D E F E N D S J O E (51, 53, 60) D E S P I T E S U S P I C I O N S ( 8 7 )

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RESPONSIBILITY

J O E K E L L E R M U S T A C C E P T H I S T O A T T A I N H I S S O N ’ S F O R G I V E N E S S H I S S U I C I D E O N LY C O N D E M N S C H R I S T O F E E L G U I LT Y F O R E V E R I S S A LV A T I O N E L U S I V E ?

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P U R P O S E O F T H E P L AY

P A G E N I N E C O N C L U S I O N

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FAMILY WAR MORALITY SOCIETY PATRIOTISM

A S K S D I F F I C U LT Q U E S T I O N S W I T H O U T A N S W E R S A L L M Y S O N S

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WE CARRY ON

F O R A L L O U R S O N S A N D D A U G H T E R S

SOLIDARITY

F O R G R E A T N E S S C O M E S F R O M

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