Joe Keller

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Joe Keller is the morally conflicted patriarch in Arthur Miller's play "All My Sons," whose wartime business decisions lead to tragic consequences for his family and community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic character
fictional character
protagonist
admiredBy Chris Keller
appearsIn All My Sons
businessPartner Steve Deever
centralConflict guilt over pilots’ deaths
responsibility to family versus society
conflictWith Ann Deever
Chris Keller
createdBy Arthur Miller
experiences denial
guilt
rationalization
finalAct suicide
firstPerformanceYear 1947
formerEmployee Steve Deever
hasChild Chris Keller
Larry Keller
hasSpouse Kate Keller
hides truth about the defective parts
involvedIn defective airplane parts scandal
war profiteering
knowinglyShipped cracked cylinder heads
laterResentedBy Chris Keller
legalOutcome acquitted in court
blamed Steve Deever
medium stage play
moralStatus morally conflicted
motive protect his business
secure his family’s financial future
name Joe Keller self-link
nationality American
neighbor Frank Lubey
Jim Bayliss
Lydia Lubey
Sue Bayliss
occupation businessman
owns Keller factory
realizes his responsibility to all the pilots as his sons
residence Midwestern American town
responsibleFor Larry Keller’s suicide
death of 21 pilots
roleInFamily patriarch
themeEmbodied capitalist greed
family versus social duty
moral responsibility
American Dream
surface form: the American Dream
timePeriod World War II
surface form: World War II era

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All My Sons character Joe Keller
Kate Keller spouse Joe Keller
Joe Keller name Joe Keller self-link
Chris Keller hasFather Joe Keller
Chris Keller confronts Joe Keller
this entity surface form: Joe Keller about shipping defective airplane parts
Dr. Jim Bayliss neighborOf Joe Keller
Lydia Lubey contrastsWith Joe Keller
Frank Lubey neighborOf Joe Keller
George Deever relationshipWith Joe Keller
George Deever conflictWith Joe Keller
George Deever accuses Joe Keller
Larry Keller father Joe Keller
Larry Keller drivesConflictBetween Joe Keller
this entity surface form: Joe Keller and Kate Keller
Sue Bayliss neighborOf Joe Keller