are encountered can vary from person to person. Further it is the response of the individual to the challenges of the detours that provide lessons that may be learnt. Differing representations of journeys and their challenges are explored in Death of a Salesman a play written in the context of the disillusionment of post war America by Arthur Miller‚ through the character of Willy Loman who confronts disappointment as he wastes his time consuming himself in his unachievable dream of ‘the perfect world’
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Death of a Salesman: Tragedy of the Common Man Arthur Miller’s Willy Loman is a middle-aged businessman from New York‚ who has lost his touch in the working world and is struggling to make ends meet. In a changing business environment‚ Willy is unable to adapt to his surroundings in order to succeed. Though his abilities as a salesman have degraded over time‚ Willy is too proud to give up. He refuses a job that is offered to him‚ and instead he secretly gets money from his friends to make ends
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We all have goals and dreams we want to accomplish. But the pursuit of a dream based on false illusions will ultimately lead to tragedy. This is true in Arthur Miller’s play‚ "Death of a Salesman"‚ and in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ "The Great Gatsby". In both works‚ the main character is in pursuit of a dream for success that ultimately causes his demise. The American Dream is the idea that through hard work‚ courage‚ and determination one can achieve prosperity. Based on the Protestant work ethic
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Pressures In Human Society A common idea presented in literature is the issue of the freedom of the individual in the constant pressures of society. In the play “Death of a Salesman” by‚ Arthur Miller‚ Willy Loman is a good example of this‚ as well as a sixteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield in the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” by‚ J.D Salinger. They are both men living in a controlling society‚ and feel it is too hard to keep up with all of the
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from a hardship they face. In American works such as The Death of a Salesman‚ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ The Scarlet letter‚ and The Body children‚ or childish characters‚ are introduced to bring light to their ever changing personalities and the forces and events that shaped them. In Arthur Miller’s The Death of a Salesman‚ Biff‚ the protagonists son‚ creates his personality off of his father’s own hopes and dreams for his sons. “Biff Loman is lost. In the greatest country in the world a young
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Plot Development Biff and Happy return home after having left Willy alone at Frank’s Chop House. They bring Linda a bouquet of roses which she knocks down to the ground in anger at the boys for having abandoned Willy. Linda insults her boys and accuses them of not caring about their father. Happy acts innocently and downplays what he has done wrong whereas Biff accepts what he has done wrong and even degrades himself by announcing that he is the "scum of the earth." Biff wants to speak to his father
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literature‚ but they often do not relate to our lives. However‚ Death of a Salesman is different‚ it is a book that is read because it is relevant to people’s lives. The book follows the Loman family which consists of Willy and Linda‚ the parents of Happy and Biff. Willy is a salesman who has recently been struggling with his job and talking to himself. Willy talks to himself more when his son Biff is around. Willy always thought Biff would be incredibly successful since he was well liked‚ so Willy
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Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman identifies the loss of identity and a man’s inability to accept the change within him and within society during those times. The underlying thought of the play is the consistent theme of the “American Dream” that Willy believes he’s living by but in reality his interpretation of the dream is slightly flawed. He believes that by becoming successful you have to be well known by everyone and well-liked by everyone. But the American Dream is actually if you
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Willy Loman failed as a parent. In the play‚ Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ this protagonist’s success is marred by his sons’ failures. In his attempts to sift through his past and realize the cause of such a letdown‚ Willy comes to the conclusion that his own actions are to blame. When his son‚ Biff‚ stumbles upon his secret woman‚ Biff is crushed and loses all respect. It is this incident that clears all doubts in the play and serves as an illuminating incident‚ throwing light on the once
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In the play Death of a Salesman‚ Arthur Miller recounts the story of a man named William Loman and his family. The story mainly concerns Willy’s determination to become the success he once was and to pass on his success to his oldest son Biff. Written in both the present and the past‚ the story unravels via Willy’s memories and hallucinations. Miller uses the past as a means of explaining what caused the characters to be the way they are in the present‚ as well as their present actions. The main
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