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    In Arthur miller’s‚ Death of a Salesman‚ Willy Loman‚ the protagonist of the play‚ is used as an example to show that once you lie‚ everything goes downhill. Willy is a salesman‚ that travels to far cities away from his house to make people interested in his supplies. In the opening scene‚ he tells Linda‚ his wife‚ that he is exhausted from driving far away from home. Willy‚ then continuously talks about how he is a vital asset to the company‚ yet they have him doing the same thing for the past thirty

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    writes ingeniously‚ conveying the message that ‘if the proper study of mankind is man‚ man’s inescapable problem is himself (Brown‚ 306).’" Miller accurately puts into words what every person thinks‚ feels‚ or worries about‚ but often has trouble expressing. By the use of symbolism‚ Arthur Miller portrays Willy’s (along with the other Lowmans’) problems with family life‚ the society‚ and himself in Death of a Salesman.

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    Hardin first wrote “The Tragedy of the Commons”‚ and was published in his Journal in 1968‚ and it is one of the big issue World today face. He has mention tragedy of Common as exploitation of human on the environment without accounting externalities. He has given example on four herdsmen. It generally takes place from agriculture revolution and it proceeding even in post-industrial revolution whereby Hardin have concern on it. This means that common take more advantage from common resources over private

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    Character development is a crucial part of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ and while there are many captivating characters‚ one that stands out is Bernard‚ a scholarly boy who is the son of Willy’s two boys. Bernad is unique due to the way his personality and characteristics are very similar during the present and the flashbacks in the play. When Bernard is introduced‚ he is brazen as a hard-working intellectual that is pushing Biff to study for his test. Not only is he smart‚ but he also

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    United States‚ a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success‚ and an upward social mobility achieved through hard work. Willy Loman‚ the protagonist of the play Death of a Salesman‚ believes wholeheartedly in the idea that a ‘well liked’ and ‘personally attractive’ man in business will indubitably acquire the material comforts offered by modern American life. This however is a skewed perspective of what the American Dream really stood for. Instead of believing that

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    Biff is one of the most troubled characters in Death of a Salesman‚ along with his father Willy. Whilst the Play mainly focuses on the tragedy surrounding the decline and death of his father‚ Biff’s story is arguably also a tragedy: going from having everything he could possibly want‚ with many universities interested in Biff‚ people throughout his school looking up to him as a role model‚ and generally his life being good to being sent to jail‚ moving from one low pay job to another‚ and finding

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    Garrett Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons 2) The Tragedy of the Commons is an economics theory by Garrett Hardin‚ which he believes that the depletion of a shared resource by individuals‚ acting independently and rationally according to each person’s self-interest‚ will affect the group’s long-term interests by depleting what is known as the common resource. This article has evoked a lot of strong emotions in myself mostly fear due to what basically Hardin is telling us is the past affects the future

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    Aristotle’s Poetics‚ we see the philosopher’s fundamentals regarding Greek drama‚ a structure or foundation that every tragedy needs for maximum expression and catharsis. It needs Plot‚ Character‚ Thought‚ Diction‚ Song and Spectacle – arranged in order of importance – so that it can be considered a Greek drama. In Plot‚ Aristotle explains how the drama is in the form of a tragedy‚ is efficiently maximized through the use of certain rules or laws called the Three Unities. Aristotle wrote after the

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    subject. Characters themselves tell fascinating stories whether it is a charming prince or a beloved soldier‚ a senile old man or a man trying to make his dreams of being king become true. During the stories there are many twist and schemes which causes the readers to be on the edge of their seats. In these twist and schemes of the play Macbeth‚ Hamlet and Death of a Salesman. Some of the characters became crazy. This essay will explain why and how some of the characters escalate into this psychotic

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    Tragedy is defined as "a dramatic or heroic or literary work depicting a protagonist engaged in a orally significant struggle ending in ruin of profound disappointment." Hemingway’s‚ the Old Man and the Sea is no doubt a very tragic novel. The story starts off with the narrator explaining how Santiago‚ the old man‚ had gone 84 days without catching a fish‚ making the reader feel sorry for Santiago right off the start. The boy is a companion of Santiago who’s been fishing with him‚ like an assistant

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