Chris Keller

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Chris Keller is a central character in Arthur Miller's play "All My Sons," a morally conflicted World War II veteran struggling with loyalty to his family and his own ethical principles.

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Chris Keller canonical 17

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ
appearsIn All My Sons ⓘ
associatedWith Joe Keller’s wartime factory scandal ⓘ
authorNationality American (Arthur Miller) ⓘ
conflict loyalty to family vs ethical principles ⓘ
moral conflict ⓘ
confronts Joe Keller about shipping defective airplane parts ⓘ
linked to: Joe Keller
creator Arthur Miller ⓘ
dramaticArc from idealism to tragic awareness ⓘ
from loyalty to confrontation with his father ⓘ
dramaticFunction agent of revelation of Joe Keller’s guilt ⓘ
moral center of the play ⓘ
dramaticRole protagonist ⓘ
ethicalStance believes in social responsibility ⓘ
idealistic ⓘ
experiences disillusionment with American business ethics ⓘ
disillusionment with his father ⓘ
familyName Keller ⓘ
firstAppearance All My Sons (1947 play) ⓘ
linked to: All My Sons
gender male ⓘ
givenName Chris ⓘ
hasBrother Larry Keller ⓘ
hasFather Joe Keller ⓘ
hasMother Kate Keller ⓘ
language English ⓘ
loveInterest Ann Deever ⓘ
medium stage ⓘ
militaryStatus returned veteran ⓘ
moralBelief the men who died in the war are his "brothers" ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
occupation World War II veteran ⓘ
realization his father’s actions caused pilots’ deaths ⓘ
relationshipToAnnDeever fiancé ⓘ
relationshipToJoeKeller son ⓘ
relationshipToKateKeller son ⓘ
relationshipToLarryKeller younger brother ⓘ
residence Midwestern American town ⓘ
servedIn World War II ⓘ
setInWork post–World War II United States ⓘ
linked to: postwar America
stageGenre tragedy ⓘ
themeAssociation family loyalty ⓘ
individual vs society ⓘ
the American Dream ⓘ
linked to: The American Dream

war guilt ⓘ
workGenre American drama ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

All My Sons → character → Chris Keller ⓘ
Kate Keller → child → Chris Keller ⓘ
Joe Keller → hasChild → Chris Keller ⓘ
Joe Keller → conflictWith → Chris Keller ⓘ
Joe Keller → admiredBy → Chris Keller ⓘ
Joe Keller → laterResentedBy → Chris Keller ⓘ
Ann Deever → loveInterestOf → Chris Keller ⓘ
Lydia Lubey → contrastsWith → Chris Keller ⓘ
Frank Lubey → neighborOf → Chris Keller ⓘ
George Deever → relationshipWith → Chris Keller ⓘ
Larry Keller → brother → Chris Keller ⓘ
Sue Bayliss → neighborOf → Chris Keller ⓘ
Sue Bayliss → contrastsWith → Chris Keller ⓘ
Christopher Meloni → notableRole → Chris Keller ⓘ
Jim Bayliss → neighborOf → Chris Keller ⓘ