One thing that we discussed in class that really grabbed my attention was the neighbors and why Miller might of put them in this play.
The play opens with Keller talking to the neighbors while sitting on his porch. As the reader you feel like this is a happy place where everyone is close and content with their lives. This contrasts how you feel when reading the scenes without the neighbors. Once Kate enters and starts yelling at Joe about the jail thing, you realize maybe everything's not okay and then you begin to wonder what could possibly be wrong.
I feel that if Miller didn't put the neighbors in the play then there would be no calm/comical moments. Instead the play would be full of tense moments, whether a upfront tense or a hidden tension between the characters. The neighbors are really important in making the tense scenes have more impact. If the whole play was tense the reader would get bored and not care anymore.
For those who didn't like the neighbors; how exactly did you feel the neighbors detracted from the play?
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