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Incident at Vichy | Study Guide

Arthur Miller

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Overview

Author

Arthur Miller

Year Published

1964

Type

Play

Genre

Drama

Tense

The play is in the present tense except when the characters talk about the past or the future.

About the Title

When the German Nazi forces defeated France in 1940, they divided the country into the northern zone and the southern zone. Vichy was the unoccupied southern area of France until 1942 when Germany occupied both the north and the south. The play takes place in 1942. The title deliberately belies the seriousness of what was happening in Vichy France at this time.

Diagrams

Lebeau Painter;agitated, talkative Von Berg Austrian prince;cultured, generous, idealistic Marchand Businessman;self-assured The Old Jew Prisoner;silent, fearful Monceau Professional actor;pretentious Bayard Socialist electrician;anxious, frightened Leduc Psychiatrist;argumentative, pessimistic Major German;limping, sympathetic Detainees Detainees Prisoner Prisoner Benefactor Detainees Detainees Detainees
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Characters

Von Berg Leduc Lebeau Bayard Monceau

Themes

Fear and Hope Guilt and Responsibility Racism
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