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    29/11/2010 Julia Peeters & Janou Hoek | V6C | IB book report | Death of a Salesman | Author: | Arthur Miller | Date of birth-death: | 17/10/1915 – 10/02/2005 | Title: | Death of a Salesman | Published by: | Penguin Classics | Year of first publication: | 1949 | Publication date of your edition: | 2000 | Relevant data on author and period: | 1932: Arthur Miller graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School‚ he worked at several menial jobs to pay for his college tuition

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    Ben-Ari Mrs. Rowe English III March 24‚ 1998 Death of a salesman Death of a salesman The Death of a Salesman‚ by Arthur Miller is a controversial play of a typical American family and their desire to live the American dream "Rather than a tragedy or failure as the play is often described. Death of a Salesman dramatizes a failure of [that] dream" (Cohn 51). The story is told through the delusional eyes and mind of Willy Loman‚ a traveling salesman of 34 years‚ whose fantasy world of lies eventually

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    Everyone has memories‚ dreams‚ confrontations‚ and arguments. However‚ in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ that is the center of Willy Loman’s life. Loman was incapable of accepting the fact that he is a mediocre salesman. He dreams of what he wants to do in life‚ but he does not do anything to succeed. Three major themes in tis plays is: denial‚ contraindication‚ and order vs. disorder. Death of a Salesman addresses Loman’s loss of identity and a man’s inability to accept change within him or

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    Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman addresses loss of identity and a man’s inability to accept change within himself and society. The play is a montage of memories‚ dreams‚ confrontations‚ and arguments‚ all of which make up the last 24 hours of Willy Loman’s life. The play concludes with Willy’s suicide and subsequent funeral. Miller uses the Loman family — Willy‚ Linda‚ Biff‚ and Happy — to construct a self-perpetuating cycle of denial‚ contradiction‚ and order versus disorder. Willy had

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    April 10/13 Death of a sales man Do our ideals and belief’s change from being influenced by others? I believe at a young enough age and hearing others ideals will eventually influence a person’s perspective or attitude eventually in a bad way. Specifically this is most evident in families such as children taking the ideals of the parents subliminally. In the play death of a salesman the protagonist Willy and his ideas and perspectives affect the beliefs of his two sons happy and biff as well as his

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    GE Yang Kelly Donohue English 1022.13 4 February 2013 A Tragedy Life I have read Death of a Salesman – the play that was wrote by Arthur Miller‚ and I have found out that many people have responded differently toward it. Some viewed it as a comedy play‚ some viewed as a tragedy‚ and some viewed it as a psychological study. For my personally opinion‚ I view it as a tragedy play. Why was it a tragedy? To answer this question‚ let’s have a quick review on the definition of tragedy. tragedy is

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    ENC 1102-02M 12 December 2012 Death of a Saleswife The 1940’s and 50’s were hard times. Work was scarce‚ families were large‚ and the United States just got through with the second world war. Men were considered hard workers. They spent long work days slaving away to create a peaceful home life that seemed to never come. The average man during this time period started his career between the ages of 16 and 19. By the time they graduate high school they have already picked out their future wives

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    Arthur Miller wrote Death of a Salesman in 1949 and established himself as a respected modern American author. He was born in 1915 in New York City. He began writing plays when he was a student at the University of Michigan; even though‚ his family suffered financial problems with the depression and had to work to get his college education. His play Death of a Salesman won a Pulitzer prize and was made into a movie; 1952 and 1985. Arthur Miller wrote his autobiography‚ Timebends in 1987 and is

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    Death of a Salesman” Willy Loman is the main character in this drama. He is 60 years old and has been a salesman for 35 years. He has never really been successful despite his aspirations to be. After 35 years of being a salesman Willy finds himself feeling defeated by his lack of success and his difficult home life. He is married to Linda‚ a dutiful wife and mother. Together they have two sons‚ Biff and Happy. Willy and Linda have a good relationship despite the circumstances. Linda is supportive

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    Superman When most people think of a hero they think of superheroes‚ a famous celebrity‚ a great sports player‚ or their parents. Would someone call a forgetful and stubborn person a hero? Chances are they would not. In Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman‚” Willy Loman is not a tragic hero because he does not fit Aristotle’s assertions that a tragic hero must arouse pity in the reader‚ feature a hero that is good‚ and feature a hero whose downfall is “brought upon him not by vice and depravity

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