(finally) I love you. Mother: Look what he can do to a hat! Ann: As soon as you get to know somebody you find a distinction for them. you, I like to see him move back right on this block. thought of Chris. Keller: Don't listen to her. Keller: Lemme know when he comes. Keller: {rising} Why me above all? on somebody else in court but it didn't work, but with a fool like you it works! George: (after a slight pause) Because you believed it... That's the truth, Chris. Enter Chris Keller from house, stands in doorway. Keller: What's the matter with you! All My Sons Summary. Mother: My dear, if the boy was dead, it wouldn't depend on my words to make Chris know it... Sue: I resent living next to the Holy Family. Chris tells me! Shhh.... She puts his arms down gently and moves toward porch. Do you understand me now? Bert: I can't. But it's going from me. Ann: How does Chris... Chris: All right, all right, listen to me. (Ann goes to table and pours) My husband. Chris: (whirling him around) Lower your voice or I'll throw you out of here! alone he was afraid. Mother: Chris, I've never said no to you in my life, now I say no! She goes to sleep in his room and his memorial Is that as far as your mind can see, the business? Chris: Being dishonest with her. enough for you. She's faithful as a rock. And that was George: Cut it short, Chris. Chris: Well, I lost them. Chris: Why? {Scanning the page, sweeping it with Last looks like a ghost. I've studied the stars of his life! they talk) Ann: {as she runs to fence} Boy, the poplars got thick, didn't they? He asked me here and I'm staying till he tells me to go. He meets a man and makes a statue out of Why...? Mother: Don't dear. (She seems about to burst out) You oughtn't cast aspersions like that, I'm surprised Now, come. kissed you, Annie, I kissed Anni. Frank: Well, I'm working on his horoscope. many commonly known things, a man whose judgements must be dredged out of experience and a getting a divorce, heh? Sue: I'm terribly sorry. bodies touching) Keller: Don't surround me, will you? Ann: Gee, Chris... Keller laughs Mother: I didn't want it that way. The But I Jim: (looks up at window, then at her): What'd Joe do, tell him? I spoiled the both of you. Too easy, it came too easy. It's over! It tells us about a son named Chris Keller who truly belives in his father that he is innocent of the case which caused 21 pilots died. We picked her up on the one o'clock train last night. My only That's a mistake, but it ain't murder. Chris: Yes. We used to shoot slumps on chair in front of her) What am I gonna do, Kate? He sees she is shocked, a little mystified. been raining several days and this kid came to me, and gave me his last pair of dry socks. could feel that you wanted to pay, maybe he would forgive you. Chris: I want you know, Annie. Say, Mr. Keller... {pointing up the driveway} Tommy just said it again! know what was done to that man. You know I loved him. Frank: No. The wind must've got it last night. Given their historical context, I think they say plenty about men and women without changing genders. “Sure, [Larry] was my son. Keller: George! Jim: Will you stop being an idiot? away the garbage. In a work of tremendous power, a love affair between Keller's son, Chris, and Ann Deever, Herbert's daughter, the bitterness of George Kell. Chris: (impatiently) Well, come on, get dressed. Tell him! (Jim exits up driveway) Chris: I guess she is. When you take up housekeeping, try to find a place away from here. you, it was a chance and I took it for you. Jim: Don't be afraid, Kate, I know. Everybody know I was getting out that day. Mother: You above all have got to believe, you... Bert Because you have a right to whatever you have. You got no sense? lower floor windows being dark. girl. (Pause) What happened? Keller: {thinking Chris has retreated} Give it some more thougth. Mother: (at last confessing the tension) Why should he argue? she knows. Keller: Too bad you can't stay, George. “Chris: I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer.”. Chris: (looks toward house, then at her, trembling) Give me a kiss, Ann. Mother: (pained) How could they move back? She looks at him; he turns away and moves to fence. certain things can never happen. Mother: (offstage, in the house) Joe, are you going to sleep all day! You can't bull yourself through this one, Joe, you better be smart now. Ann: No, I'm not married yet. Ann turns to go up drive, takes a couble of steps, sees Keller, and stops. Keller: Now you're operatin'! Upstage is filled with the back of the house and its open, unroofed porch which extends {he sits in one of the chairs} But if you told him you wanted to, if he Mother: And you din't laugh enough. when you had sons it was an honor. Keller: I mean if they want to open up the case again, for the nuisance value, to hurt us? (Indicates lighted window above) She hasn't It takes time! Chris: {wryly} She means do you go out much? Anyone who knows him, and knows your father, will believe it from his mouth. Mother: He misunderstood me, Chris! Now come! George: I'm... Chris: Dad... how could you think that of her? He was She despises you! Chris: That's been your trouble all your life, George, you dive into things. Sit down, George. Of course, the books they've... Joe Keller and Herbert Deever, partners in a machine shop during the war, turned out defective airplane parts, causing the deaths of many men. There's no life for me that way. Do you understand what I'm saying? He understood the way the world is made. (Slight pause) I'll tell you why you can't say it. I love you a great deal. mistake with Mother. Frank: Why, you trying to buy something? Ann: Let's eat at the shore tonight! Chris: (struck. Mother: that's the third time you've said that this week. Mother: {it is drawing to a head the wrong way for her. That's for the future, ain't it? Bert: {mystified, but willing} Okay. Dad told me that whole thing in court, and they... yet. Like the sun Arthur Miller capturing a family drama.. so recklessly and beautifully. and he's my son. made yellow in this house because I suspected my father and I did nothing about it, but if I know that pleasant, opinionated man, uncertain of himself, with a tendency toward peevishness when crossed, but A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis … Look. Joe Keller (Keller) In a peculiar way. Mother: You'll stop him! Chris: Columbus! Ann: {laughs and turns back toward Jim's yard} Oh, excuse me! Mother: I'm waiting for Chris. Rate it * You Rated it * 0. Nobody comes back after three years. I'm Worth the two hours spent. See... this is what I mean. Sue: {from offstage} Jim? You know. A man among men. show it to you. Chris: (waving him away, knowing the kidding will be endless) All right, all right. George: I'm back here. George: I'm a big boy now. Sue: (after a brief pause) He's frank, isn't he? What sense does that make? People are always introducing me to beautiful women. Mother: What are you talking about? Keller: I don't know what you mean! Ann: Why? And When they took him away I followed him, went to him every visiting day. Keller: (clasps her around the waist, smiling) That's my sentiments. Keller: All different? Dad took everything we have. Chris: Sure, let's have some fun. Sue: You're surprised at me! All My Sons. George: All right. flowered hat in her hand, which Kate takes from her as she goes to George) Everything was being destroyed, see, but it seemed to me that Mother: He's a very kind man! come. I wanted some place we'd never been, a place where we'd be brand new to each Everybody knows Joe pulled a fast one to get out of jail. Ann: Oh... make something for you? Mother: {with increasing demand} But deep in your heart, Annie! Mother: His friend is not home. by Arthur Miller. could hear that roaring like he was going by. Ann: (eagerly) He asked me to tell you, and I think it's a good idea. Mother: That's fine. Except I wasn't, and Put them in I think it's mostly that whenever I need somebody to tell me the truth I've always Mother: What are you talking about! (They embrace as Keller appears quietly on the porch. I'm yellow. As twilight falls, that evening. Chris: (with growing anger) The same Joe Keller. Chris feel guilty with me. Chris: No, it's just a question of George, Mother, he planned on... I said I'm sure! Keller: Take it easy, Frank, you're a married man. {She sits on bench} Joe... (Slight pause) Ann: {resolutely} No, Kate. other people will suffer. With a smile) Hello, darling. Mother: You think just because you like everbody, they like you! Frank: (as he goes) Sure thing. You don't really imagine he's ...? As he turns to porch Lydia comes hurrying from her house. Is there anybody ... ? You're old enough to know your own mind. Like Joe was She knows. So Dad went directly to the phone and called here and told Joe to Are you trying to kill him? Mother: Just as long as he comes back. In the beginning, when I first You didn't change at Keller: I can't sleep here. Because nobody was chaged at all. No kiddin'. Chris: {looking at Keller} What was it, Mom? George: (a little hurt by it. Ann goes quickly to Mother, takes letter from her and starts for George: You know your father... It makes me look like a bum, you understand? When they were calling boys twenty seven Frank was twenty eight, when they Ann: Well, isn't that good? ...Hey, you kissed it out of my head ...your brother's on the phone. George: (with deep feeling for her) You... you haven't changed at all, you know that, Kate? Chris: Do what? and pours a glass of juice) how a buck is made in this world. We can never be forgiven. Bert: You're finally up. To see what people want, y'know? (they wait) Don't bring All My Sons by Arthur Miller: Theme, Genre, Style. Keller comes down, Keller: I don't read minds. Take every cent and give it to Ann: I almost got married two years ago. Bert: {interested} For what? Keller: Actually what happened was that when I got home from the penitentiary the kids get very Keller: Well, was that his favorable day? {she exits, laughing} I'm going to make a fortune for you! Mother: Why, Joe? I can't express myself. (holds our his hand to measure) He's a little man. Dad came to work that day. Both of you. {slight pause} There are a few things (going to her) As long as you're here, Annie, I want to ask you never to grey. Keller: By the time they could spot them I thought I'd have the process going again, and I could show George: (to Ann) You're not married yet, are you? Frank: Gee whiz! Ann: You started to write me... (slight pause) Frank enters briskly from driveway, holding Larry's horoscope in his hand. Chris: {laughing} Don't make him do that. It seemed to make suckers out of a lot of guys. Short and crisp play with a limited set of characters, and a multitude of themes. Ann: What? around a little... She'll love Ann. Bert's here! To his dying day Frank: {taking cue} That's all right, I'll ... {picks up ladder} I'll finish the horoscope tonight, Kate. On seeing George she raises both hands, comes down toward him. (Extending his hand) Georgie, Ann: Explode what? daughter, and a father is a father. Otherwise anything could happen. Who is he going to come to, Annie? Chris: No... nothing like that. Ann: Well, I'm not, Kate. Don't take it on yourself. I... (Shaking it off) I don't know, I suppose it's tellin' you to do it, if it's dirty then burn it. George: Annie, why isn't his hame on it? To listen to him Frank was a swindler. ... You're all perspired. (He kisses her, but without their It shows what happens when humans are ruled by greed. I thought the four of us might go out to dinner a "Murderers!" Your mother anyway. Hardly recognized her, Then what'll I do it for? Dad! Deever was sent to prison while Keller escaped punishment and went on to make lots of money. Ann: {a little hurt} Why'd they take our hammock away? Keller: I don't what that to come between us. Keller: Oh. Chris: Something happen? Keller: Okay, Bert. Was that Frank's fault? ...maybe we ought to put our minds to Can you prove it? George: (to Ann) He simply told your father to kill pilots, and covered himself in bed! You Mother: Steve is her father, too. Like when he Mother: She doesn't belong here. tree, Georgie? What are you talking about? Georgie! Ann: From her point of view, why else would I come? Chris: I kissed you... Kate! Chris: He'll need a lot of bullets. Ann: Let's forget the whole thing, Joe. You said it once. Mother: What more can we be! Usually this style of audio is not my favorite, but I really liked this one. Chris: (ready to hit him) Are you going to talk like a grown man or aren't you? Chris: (of Mother) Ain't she classy! Keller: (almost angered) Annie, I do not understand why you ...! Keller: From Mother's point of view he is not dead and you have no right to take his girl. Is Keller: Don't talk dirty. Chris: Because its insane. They'll Mother: {to Chris and Keller} She's the only one is got any sense. I listened to the dramatization of this and it was done incredibly well. Did you dream? You have nothing to say. Frank: And the next time I fix something don't tell me I'm crazy! I thought you'd be gone. {slight pause} What's the meaning of that? Joe and Kate Keller had two sons, Chris and Larry. Like a lot of Miller “All My Sons” deals with a father and son relationship that can never meet the burden of expectation BOTH father and son have put on it. In the sewer, that's all. {Ann keeps looking through trees} Mother: Frank, did you see George? He walked off with his thermometer. By this time he Listen! She waits) I have no He jumps on stool, then on Keller's back. Tell her to come home with me. Mother: You've got a family. To Lydia) No kidding, three? Keller: Well, somebody's got to make a living. I saw you as my father.”, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play (1947). Keller: Must you be inspired? Keller: What do you mean? Chris: I'm relaxed. Chris: (to Ann) You ever meet a bigger ignoramus? It's no good, it always wanting it pleasantly and neighborly. Keller: She's getting just like after he died. Joe Keller Act 1-2 Summing up ID: 1513478 Language: English School subject: Literature Grade/level: 11th intermediate Age: 16-18 Main content: Analyzing the plot. You understand (Ann is waiting, ready) I'm embarrassing you. George: Thanks. You understand me? com on up, 'cause she's my lady fair.... (To Ann) how's that for one year of night school? Keller: (indicating lighted window above)And what is she doing up there? Keller: Gonna rain tonight. Keller: In a way, I am. George: (removing his hat) You're the people who bought our house, aren't you? Keller: Right again. Ann: You understand? Chris: The great roue'! Where is he? All you've got to do is close it. I'm going way for good. Result? salary? It kept me interested throughout, but the ending seemed quite weak by modern standards. Half the Goddam country is gotta go if I go! Mother: I can't sleep. Don't... George, you're not going to start anything now! She's dressed already. Keller: Leave him be. Sue: {commandingly sweet} Please, dear! Right out of his bag. Mother: (after slight hesitation) No, not Ann. He's not coming back? If he comes back... Keller: Why should I... Presently Jim, dressed in jacked and hat, appears, and seeing her, goes up beside her. November 1st 2000 Yes. matter with you? George: (gets up, moves away) I know those things... Ann: Please, I don't want to argue. was all forgotten. for now? Mother: {Ann is looking at her. Keller: (with overriding affection and self‐confidence now. Mother: {pressing her hand to top of her head} I've got such a funny pain on the top of my head. (She has taken his arm, and unwillingly he moves across the stage with her.) Chris: You even knew that they wouldn't hold up in the air. Sue enters, and halts, seeing Ann. I'd hoped that if I waited, Mother would forget Larry and then The best American playwright i read for until now, although this play not as good as his masterpiece Death of a Salesman. Ann: Where were you? Chris: (breaking in, with nervous urgency) Are you going to stop it? Keller: You lost your mind? Would you like to wash? It's not enough for him to be sorry. Annie, we're going to live now! I am grateful to Arthur Miller for this play which taught me a lot about Drama, English language and hints on American way of think. to her! Do you know? Then I realized. shaking slightly at Keller.} I can smell the now... With an undertone Keller: I don't see why it has to be Annie. George: (relishing her solicitude) I feel alright. Keller: Annie, the day the news came out about Larry he was in the next cell to mine...Dad. makes a silent laugh) Oh, how I'd love to be around when that happens! I came to get married. Now peel them eyes! Keller: When I when to night school it was brooch. August of our era. I haven't seen it in a century. Most of them didn't waid till the telegrams were opened. Ann: (putting her arms around him) Oh, Chris, Ive been ready a long, long time. Mother: Nobody comes seven hundred miles "just to see". Keller: It don't mean that. Mother: He hasn't been laid up in fifteen years. Sue Bayliss say that again. Annie, you don't Frank is right... every man does have a star. Keller: (coming down) What does he want here? And (Chris, looks at her, struck) You know that. Chris: Why? Ann: Simply because when you get excited you don't control yourself... (Mother comes out of house) But if Chris Mother smashes him across the face. Keller: She's out of her mind. It was the first commercial hit of Arthur and one of the best creations of him. Keller: (thumbing toward house) Hey, Ann, your brother... (They step apart shyly.
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