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    Christian Benavidez Mr. E Everett AP Eng. IV 28 September 2012 Comparison of the Past and the Present Culture Values: Heroes and Villains Then and Now All values change over time; some are slower such as Cultural values that are learned behavior patterns that can continue to change thorough time. The view for cultural values today are different from than what they were centuries ago; in today’s view for a hero would be simply a normal person in the modern era who is distinguished by nobility

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    Basseri of Iran: Past and Present Jonathan Hixon ANT101 Instructor Brown-Warren February 24‚ 2013 When the Achamenian emperors of ancient Persia built their capital at Persepolis‚ in a valley of the Zagros‚ they did so with strategy in mind. Persepolis was placed in a common “bottleneck” in the annual migration routes of several tribes from the warm coastal plains to the cool summer pastures in the north. Twice a year‚ several whole confederations of tribes had to pass by Persepolis with

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    Hope of the American Dream in Death of a Salesman The American Dream is something every American family strives to achieve some families push too hard to get to the place where they feel that they have achieved this dream; this is the case in the life of the Lomen family. The Lomen’s are the typical American family in the 1940’s. Willy and his wife Linda are a middle class family with two sons named Biff and Happy. Willy is an ageing traveling salesman that is struggling to accept

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    Clinical Research Past and Present Tina Ross-Cruz Abstract Research disasters have been noted for years. In the early years‚ the reasons for these disasters was that there were no regulations governing the protection of human beings; and there were no guidelines for safety and efficacy of a new medication or treatment prior to the use in humans. Now regulations and guidelines are in effect for the protection of human subjects. These guidelines and regulations also protect the researchers

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    every American Dream there is also an American Nightmare. However Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is in no way‚ shape or form such a thing. Miller is meeting us halfway and describes the life of a man who is unconsciously disillusioned and who lives in denial‚ nurturing the wounds society has inflicted upon him with the memories of better times and who is‚ in the end‚ driven to suicide in what he considers to be his way of making up for all the wrongs that had plagued him. The final moments before

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    Miller’s play‚ Death of a Salesman‚ through his character‚ Linda Loman‚ the author alludes to the idea that everyone‚ whether they are famous or not‚ deserves support when they are at their lowest in life. For instance‚ when Linda is talking about Willy to her sons she says‚ “He works for a company thirty-six years this March‚ opens up unheard-of territories to their trademark‚ and now in his old age they take his salary away” (40). Here‚ Miller presents how Willy has worked at his company for a long

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    is tossed around in society enormously. Essentially stating the only way to mean anything is to have wealth and possessions. Just like in the play Death of a Salesman the father‚ Willy‚ makes it known. Willy can only comprehend being a person of importance in any profession equaling success. He is always disappointed with Biff because he is not up to his

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    Arthur Miller’s "Death of a Salesman" reflects the numerous issues post-war United States was dealing with during the late 1940’s when it was written. Death of a Salesman was written and published in 1949‚ when the United States was booming with new economic capabilities and new found power‚ resulting in a golden age regardless of the growing tensions of the threat of communist invasion. Racial violence and the escalating issues regarding the deluded American dream that was turning out to be quite

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    Dream in Death of a Salesman: Reoccurring American dream themes: • Hope your child does better than you • Corrupt big bosses • Retirement Payments Willy’s Dream: • Hope your child does better than you Willy’s dream is interrupted by: • Corrupt big bosses • Working people barely scraping by • Kids are doing worse than you did • Lower incomes • Not being able to retire • Not being able to afford homes • Not able to find new jobs Willy has almost

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    relatively accurate as ‘Death of a Salesman’ features some of the early expressionist characteristics such as Miller dramatizing the sufferings of his characters. Willy is the character that suffers most and it is dramatized at different points in his life. For example when Willy is first made to work on commission and then is not even allowed to work on commission. Miller also likens his characters to mythic figures in history. An example of this is during the first flashback Willy compares Biff and Happy

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