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Death Of A Salesman By Arthur Miller
Nong, Amy
Prof. Buscher
Eng. 1B
Essay 3 Death Of A Salesman by Arthur Miller, is a drama about the American dream,where we were lead to believe that the underdogs had a chance to become something bigger in the future, but that is not the case in this drama. In this drama, we witness Willy losing himself because of the American dream, and we also see how the dream gives off false hopes. The theme of the drama is abandonment, Willy Loman life was full of abandonment since the prelude , in the tragic form, his father casting him off at a young age, followed by his brother’s expedition to Africa, Willy has been omitted many times by the one he cherished . As Willy’s uneasiness of abandonment gets worse, at the same time Willy’s grasp of control that he tries to persevere through out the drama. Yet it doesn’t stop Biff from giving up on the ship of his dream , nor does it prevent Biff and Happy running out on Willy at the restaurant after his flare-up. Then the final scene where the readers witness Willy abandoning his own family by committing suicide to take the easy way out. “When I was seventeen, I walked into the jungle. And when I was twenty-one, I walked out. (He laughs) And by God, I was
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Willy Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog...” (1788). It's basically foreshadowing what is going to happen in the upcoming future with “a terrible thing is happening to him” where Linda knew something was wrong but couldn't figure out what. The verbal irony comes in when Linda states “ He's not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog...” the irony is that dogs get abandoned quite a lot and that is what Willy is an abandon

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