all my sons -act 3
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“All My Sons” -Act 3
• Prosperity/Capitalism/US Boom/American Dream
• Father-son relation x2• Family/ies
relationship/s• Death• Dishonesty vs.
Honesty• Hope vs. Reality
• War• Consequences of war• Romanticism• Forgiveness/
Acceptance• Negation/Denial• Post war crisis• Death• Treason/Betrayal• Prison
Themes
ChrisGuilty feelings. He came back, Larry didn’t.
Will marry Ann. Betray his brother.
Jim “already knew”He isn’t happy with his well-paid job.
Moneycapitalism
Joe shocked at Chris’ reaction
Dead insideHe can’t lie, not his nature
GuiltyHis father is an imbecileHe came back from war
Fell for his brother’s fiancée
Trouble yell
“There is something bigger than family for him”Honesty To everybody
MONEY
- War can change a person.
- “If Larry was alive...” Comparing both sons
- The engine did not fail
- “I am not human anymore”
-We all know he was bad but not from his father Man vs. Father
Chris believes he needs to be perfect
Makes mistakes, human.
Man vs. Man
One of his sons commited suicide because he couldn’t handle the guilt.
Another is a living dead, because of guilt.
They feel the guilt that the father does not feel
- Larry considered his family, his sons
- Prison or kill yourself
Family illusions shatteredReality destroyed the falsehood of the family
Everything was an illusion until Ann came and brought reality
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