Between 19, Broadway played host to All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A View From the Bridge, and After the Fall. Miller wrote his most successful plays early in his career. Miller revealed, 'I think the tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing-his sense of personal dignity.' It’s clear that the Depression and the after-effects of World War II influenced Miller to write plays about vulnerable, everyday people-working and struggling to get ahead. After working his way through high school and college, a young Miller learned first-hand how hard it could be to make a living in tough times. His father lost his clothing business during the Wall Street Crash and the family had to move to a smaller house in Brooklyn. By the time he was a teenager, his family-like many others-was struggling through the Great Depression. Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915.