Influence

While he was creating groundbreaking works of art, Miller never seemed to forget the social realities of life. As Gotfried writes, "Art for him had to be responsible to social realities." It is perhaps, then, most telling that one of the strongest influences on his work was Norweigian writer Henrik Ibsen, who was famous for writing about social issues in revolutionary ways.

Whatever tragedies he experienced in is own life, Miller certainly was able to transform many of those experiences into triumph in the power of his works of literature.