In Arthur Miller's play All My Sons, the protagonist is Joe Keller, a factory owner who allowed defective air plane parts to be shipped to the Army Air Force during World War II, resulting in the deaths of 21 soldiers. His actions, which took place before the action of the play, are what the other characters must react to.
The antagonistsreact to Joe's actions and his denial of his role in the deaths...
In Arthur Miller's play All My Sons, the protagonist is Joe Keller, a factory owner who allowed defective air plane parts to be shipped to the Army Air Force during World War II, resulting in the deaths of 21 soldiers. His actions, which took place before the action of the play, are what the other characters must react to.
The antagonists react to Joe's actions and his denial of his role in the deaths of the pilots. For example, Ann Deever is Joe's antagonist because she knows that he was aware the parts were defective. Her father, Steve, is in prison for the role he played in manufacturing the cracked parts, and she refuses to speak to her father. She also knows that Larry, Joe's son, killed himself because of what Joe did. However, Kate, Joe's wife, continues to believe that Larry is alive. Ann reveals Larry's suicide note to Joe and Kate so that they will know that their son has died and so that she can marry their younger son, Chris. Joe's family reacts to his guilt with denial until Ann reveals that Joe is guilty and that Larry is dead. Ann is the antagonist who pushes Joe to reveal his guilt, and Chris and Kate are the antagonists who try to react with denial in the face of Joe's guilt until Ann makes it impossible for them to do so any longer.
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