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All my sons - Return of the past
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- 1What does the play express?-Past can't be escaped with its almost supernatural return.
-Apple tree symbolic of this - wind blows it down - indication that past will return. Almost every character mentions it.
-This is emphasised by Kate's dream = she hears plane engine and wind = both indicate resurfacing of past events. - 2Inanimate objects-Act as triggers to remind characters of past.
-Kate links fact she tripped over Larry's baseball glove with the fallen tree.
-Ann recoils when hears Kate has kept Larry's room the same. = not expecting a big reminder of Larry before his death.
-George announces he's wearing his fathers hat = Steve's spectre returns to the house. - 3The letter-Another material reminder of Larry.
-Through whole play his presence can be felt although he is absent.
-At the end he condemns his fathers actions and this destroys Keller's last vestige of his false account of the shop incident. = he has no choice but to end his life. - 4Bert incident-Difficulty avoiding reminders of the past = jail game shows Keller's humanity without showing that he is tied to the shop incident.
-Kate is uncomfortable with the reminder.
-Ingrained in the minds of the community that it will be impossible to silence all reminders. - 5Ann's return-Set in motion a chain of events that led to the truth.
-Kate and Keller against Chris and Ann's marriage due to link she has with shop incident.
-Kate and Keller comfortable telling Ann about shop incident when they're in control = their version is accepted as fact and unchallenged. - 6George's return-Causes far more tumult because he brings an account of past events that disagrees with Kate and Keller.
-Has decayed appearance = decay of Deever family.
-Kate and Keller nearly suppress his account however they fail due to their different account of Keller's illness.
-The impossibility of avoiding the past clearly defeats their attempt to hold it at bay.
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