Larry Keller
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Larry Keller is the unseen but pivotal son in Arthur Miller’s play "All My Sons," whose offstage death and moral choices drive the central family and ethical conflicts of the drama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larry Keller canonical | 7 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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theatrical character ⓘ |
| associatedDocument | Larry’s letter to Ann Deever ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| brother | Chris Keller ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| centralThemeConnection |
family responsibility
ⓘ
moral guilt ⓘ the cost of denial ⓘ war profiteering ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| creator | Arthur Miller ⓘ |
| deathContext | wartime mission ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
exposes Joe Keller’s guilt
ⓘ
forces Kate Keller to confront reality ⓘ precipitates Joe Keller’s suicide ⓘ tests Chris Keller’s idealism ⓘ |
| dramaticPresence | talked about by other characters but never appears onstage ⓘ |
| drivesConflictBetween |
Joe Keller and Chris Keller
ⓘ
Joe Keller ⓘ
surface form:
Joe Keller and Kate Keller
Keller family ⓘ
surface form:
Keller family and Deever family
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| familyName | Keller ⓘ |
| father | Joe Keller ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | All My Sons ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | play All My Sons ⓘ |
| formerFiancée | Ann Deever ⓘ |
| fullName | Larry Keller self-link ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreContext | American realist drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Larry ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | plane crash ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| moralChoice | chooses death rather than live with his father’s crime ⓘ |
| mother | Kate Keller ⓘ |
| motherBelief | Kate Keller believes Larry is still alive ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
catalyst for plot
ⓘ
offstage character ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | fighter pilot ⓘ |
| relationshipToTitle | one of the "sons" implied in All My Sons ⓘ |
| revealsTruthAbout | Joe Keller’s responsibility for cracked airplane parts ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| status | deceased ⓘ |
| symbolicMeaning |
the lost generation of World War II
ⓘ
the moral conscience of the play ⓘ |
| timeOfDeathRelativeToPlay | three years before the main action ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.