The central theme of this work is anti-Semitism as
it was and it still is the cause of suffering for
many people; and Arthur Miller who is able to show
life and soul, death and faults, right and wrong.
Anti-Semitism is an immensely damaging form of
ethnic and religious intolerance. In the United
Sates anti-Semitism was not present with the same
intensity as in Europe in Miller s time, but it
still had serious consequences in the past and it
continues to influence present times too.
The novel presents the moral crises caused by the
recognition of the falseness of anti-Semitism. An
unusual point of view is shown by the writer, when
the main character is faced with violent anti-
Semitism though he is not Jewish. This way, the
change of Newman s identity gets in the focus of the
novel. His place in society changes completely.
Using Newman as a protagonist, Miller manages to
show that in crucial questions like racismand anti-
Semitism no one can be impartial.
it was and it still is the cause of suffering for
many people; and Arthur Miller who is able to show
life and soul, death and faults, right and wrong.
Anti-Semitism is an immensely damaging form of
ethnic and religious intolerance. In the United
Sates anti-Semitism was not present with the same
intensity as in Europe in Miller s time, but it
still had serious consequences in the past and it
continues to influence present times too.
The novel presents the moral crises caused by the
recognition of the falseness of anti-Semitism. An
unusual point of view is shown by the writer, when
the main character is faced with violent anti-
Semitism though he is not Jewish. This way, the
change of Newman s identity gets in the focus of the
novel. His place in society changes completely.
Using Newman as a protagonist, Miller manages to
show that in crucial questions like racismand anti-
Semitism no one can be impartial.