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    Miller’s drama‚ "Death of a Salesman" the protagonist is a sixty-year-old salesperson by the name of Willy Loman. Willy suffers from self-delusion and is obsessed with the desire to succeed. Willy’s actions strongly influence his family‚ which contributes to their self-delusions. Willy’s wife Linda is an enabler and is codependent upon him. Linda encourages and participates in Willy’s delusions. She is unselfish and her life revolves around Willy and their two boys Biff and Happy. The Lomans are

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    1. What kind of leader is Howard? Howard Wagner is the thirty-six year old son of Frank Wagner‚ Willy’s former boss‚ Howard now occupies the same position as his late father. Although Willy was the one who named Howard‚ Howard is forced to fire Willy for his erratic behavior. He felt Willy was a good sales man in his time‚ however Willy’s desperation and decline in standard of work lead to Howard finding him embracing and a liability and so he found himself having to fire him. Howard is preoccupied

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    Alejandro Ricardo Reaction Paper THE2000 Death of a Salesman To watch Death of a Salesman on a live Theatre was like seeing a reflection of the book with its characters coming to life. The incredible cast made sure to put personal life aside to perform at their peak‚ and the lighting crew set the mood of the story precisely right for the character. The play was adequate not good‚ because of the theater. The cast made a few miniscule mistake during the play‚ but nothing to major that could interfere

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    How is Death of a Salesman a commentary upon American society and values. Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is a commentary upon society in relation to the painful conflicts of a working class family in New York‚ who throughout their life has struggled to make a decent living and fulfil the American dream. The play illustrates its critical commentary on American society through Willy’s obsession with the Dream‚ depiction of women and the disrespect towards the “elderly.” The main theme in Death

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    Death of a Salesman and Fences There are many parallels that can be drawn between August Wilson’s and Arthur Miller’s main characters in both of their respective plays. While some may not be immediately obvious‚ I plan to connect many of the dots to illuminate the similar characteristics exhibited by the characters in question. Wilson and Miller both present main characters that have similarities such as

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    From the play Death of a Salesman‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ Biff states‚ “I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been” (104). That is how I have felt lately with mine and my mother’s relationship. There are many similarities between the relationship of Willy and Biff and my mother and I think the lack of communication and understanding leads to a wedge in the family. The play is about an old salesman who is unable to accept change‚ it is filled with past memories‚ dreams‚ contradiction

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    Death of a Salesman Essay Whenever a person does something to harm themselves‚ people believe that it is their friends and families fault for not seeing that they need help and helping them‚ but this is not always the case. In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ Willy Lowman loses his mind and eventually kills himself but this cannot be blamed on his lack of support. Willy was raised to believe and act a certain way and from there it is hard to break that mindset since it was installed so young

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    and succeed‚ well that’s just the best feeling ever. 8.3.8 


At the start of Arthur Miller’s Death of a SalesmanBiff is a very confused man who does not know what he has done with his life; but towards the end of it Miller shows that Biff has developed at the climax by having the outburst with Willy‚ and realizing not only who he is‚ but what he wants.
 Firstly‚ when we first meet Biff we see that he is a 34 years old man who is unsettled and is “still kind of up in the air” and does not

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    In Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”‚ the theme is how important it is to confront reality and change in order to achieve the American dream. Miller uses conflict within the setting and with the characters throughout the play‚ but mainly with the main character‚ Willy Loman whom can’t face reality. There are certain characters that have conflict going on in the play. First‚ Willy has a major conflict with himself. Second‚ Biff and Willy have conflict with each other. Third‚ Howard has a problem

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    One theme that I found in both Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman” and August Wilson’s “Fences” is disloyalty and dishonesty. The main characters in both stories‚ Willy in “Death of a Salesman‚” and Troy in “Fences” both completely lost their loyalty and honesty with their wives as they have affairs with other woman. In both stories‚ Troy and Willy’s behaviors and attitudes are very different from one another in relation to how they handle their family and marriage. However‚ their actions

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