Act 2 Vocab

Complete 4-square vocab box for each of the vocabulary words below. Be sure to use a definition that fits the context of the word as Arthur Miller uses it in All My Sons.

broadcloth, p. 45
surging, p. 54
unabashed, p. 57
solicitude, p. 58
joviality, p. 62
transfixed, p. 68

All My Sons Set Direction

To bring the play to life for the class, we will spend time on set direction--as if we were staging the play on Broadway. As you read Act 1, notice the objects that Arthur Miller details in his stage directions and create a brace map that dissects Miller's stage directions into props, scenery and costumes. Here's what a brace map looks like:

All My Sons Act 1 Vocab

Copy the ten vocabulary words for Act 1 into your notebook. Complete the following three steps for each word:

1. Write the sentence in the play that provides the context of the word.
2. Write a definition of the word that you understand. This often means going beyond the dictionary definition.
3. Write an original first person (use the pronouns I, we, us or me) sentence using the word.

Here are the words:

stolid (p. 5)
calamity (p. 6)
tallies (p. 11)
infuriate (p. 15)
undercurrent (p. 19)
chivalric (p. 23)
resigned (p. 25)
relish (p. 26)
resolutely (p. 27)
staunchly (p. 29)

Arthur Miller, Author of All My Sons

Arthur Miller died in 2005 at the age of 1989. To read CNN's obituary, click here.

Click here to watch a video, Charlie Rose's Obituary of Arthur Miller, that recaps Arthur Miller's life and career.

For a rare treat, click here to watch the trailer from the 1948 film version of All My Sons.