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Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915. His family went through tough times during the depression and he wasn’t able to pay for college so he got a few menial jobs to pay for his tuition at the University of Michigan. During college Miller wrote a few plays which he received awards for. Miller graduated from college in 1938 and received his bachelor’s degree in English. He began writing plays for the radio and then moved up to writing big plays that would be performed in theaters. Miller was to become and American playwright, who through his plays he showed the flaws in the American dream. He often wrote plays that depicted the how families are destroyed by false values. In 1949 Arthur was nominated, “Outstanding Father of the Year,” which helped with his success of a famous writer. After becoming famous through his works he married actress Marilyn Monroe in 1956, who was an actress in one of his plays. Their marriage lasted until 1961 and Monroe died in 1962. Throughout the rest of Millers life he only wrote a few more plays, but many say that they were not as good as his earlier ones. Miller died of heart failure at his home in Connecticut, on February 10, 2005.

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“Arthur Miller.” Wikipedia. 07 Apr. 2008. Wikipedia Foundation Inc. 09 Apr. 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller.

Berger, Marilyn. “Arthur Miller, Moral Voice of American Stage, Dies At 89.” New York Times. 11 Feb. 2005. 09 Apr. 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/11/theater/newsandfeatures/11cnd-miller.html?ei=5070&en=3842d0df3195ba4c&ex=1148356800&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1148209567-ZnjnGzbndB3P1XvCU5BNDg.

“Arthur Miller (1915-2005).” Kirjasto. 2003. 09 Apr. 2008 <http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/amiller.htm>.