Arthur Miller was born in Harlem, New York on October 17th, 1915. He was raised in a moderate household, but lost everything during the Wall Street Crash in 1929. After the crash, he and his family moved to Brooklyn. Arthur worked through his troubles so that he could attend college at the University of Michigan. In college he wrote for the student paper and was in the play called, No Villain. Miller was inspired by one of his professors named, Kenneth Rowe. He was inspired by his approach of playwriting, and wanted to begin his career. He wrote the play, The Man Who Had All The Luck. This play closed after only four performances into the season because of terrible reviews, but six years later, he wrote the play All My Sons, which was a tremendous achievement for him, and achieved the tony award for it. He had many other achievements as well. He wrote the story “Death of A Salesmen,” in less than one day, and was loved by so many people in the theatre. This play won many different awards. Miller married Marilyn Monroe, who starred in the screenplay called “The Misfits,” After leaving his first wife, Mary Slattery. However, in 1961 miller and Monroe were divorced. Lastly he married another woman who was a photographer from Austria. Her name was Inges Morath. They had two children together named Rebecca and Daniel. Daniel had Down syndrome. Miller wanted nothing to do with his son, and asked that he be excluded from the family’s personal life. One of the main stories that Arthur wrote was “The Crucible.” This was a story based on the Salem Witch Trials of 1962, and was an allegory of McCarthyism. His last play, before his death he wrote “The Price,” which was a piece written about the dynamic of family. His third wife Inges died, which is when he married his final wife who was a thirty four year old painter named, Agnes Barley. Unfortunately, Arthur miller died at 89 years old because of heart failure.