Wells discusses the merits of Miller's play as a work of social thesis, but the critic also contends that the play offers a greater wealth of themes than that simple assessment - including the playwright's probing insights into human nature.
Looked at superficially, Arthur Miller's All My Sons may appear to be simply a social thesis play. Such classification - a valid one if severely qualified - is suggested both by the timeliness of the story and by the presence of considerable overt social criticism. The story itself is obviously calculated to engage the so-called social conscience. Stated in the simplest terms, the play dramatizes the process by which Joe Keller, a small manufacturer, is forced to accept individual social responsibility and, consequently, to accept his personal guilt for having sold, on one occasion during World.....
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