Act II of "The Price"
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Act II of "The Price" is a pivotal middle act of Arthur Miller’s drama in which long-buried family tensions and moral compromises surface through confrontations among the central characters.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| "The Price" | 0 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
stage play
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theatrical play act ⓘ |
| author |
Arthur Miller
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Arthur Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralFocus | confrontations among central characters ⓘ |
| contains |
emotional confrontations
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extended dialogues ⓘ revelations about the family past ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dramaticFunction |
escalation of conflict
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intensification of confrontations ⓘ revelation of long-buried issues ⓘ |
| dramaticStructureElement |
development of exposition from Act I
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preparation for climax in Act III ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
family tensions
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moral compromises ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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family drama ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | pivotal middle act ⓘ |
| partOf | "The Price" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | second act ⓘ |
| settingType | single-room drama ⓘ |
| theme |
economic hardship
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guilt ⓘ memory and truth ⓘ resentment ⓘ responsibility to family ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ self-justification ⓘ sibling rivalry ⓘ the cost of choices ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
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