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    based on annual income figures. This means that 36.5 million people just in America either were unemployed or lived off food stamps or were unable to get a full time job. It is very difficult to live like this‚ as the nation saw illustrated in “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller. Willy Loman‚ the protagonist‚ struggled with finances and couldn’t live a standard life. Without money‚ he couldn’t pay his household necessities like the refrigerator and this caused him great stress‚ which then led to bad

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    Death Of a Salesman Arthur Miller does manage to engage our sympathies with Willy in the first act of the play to a certain extent. He does this in many ways such as using Willy’s speech‚ his troubled mind‚ the way other characters treat him and by using themes like the past. To begin with‚ Willy Loman seems like a normal‚ yet exhausted businessman. This is until he starts to contradict himself by saying of Biff that he’s “a lazy bum!” A few seconds later in the scene‚ his line is “There’s

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    What would it be like to have no personal identity? Human nature is fundamentally oriented toward self-acceptatance and self-understanding. Without these‚ one feels inadequate and lost. This is certainly the case for poor Biff Loman in “Death of a Salesman‚” because Biff’s father Willy simply cannot accept him. Biff is forced to be someone he is not for so long that he loses his true self altogether. As a result‚ he falls into a despair he cannot understand the genesis of. Additionally‚ Willy

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    Return to the Nature—an Ecocritical Interpretation of Death of a Salesman 1. Introduction 1.1 A Brief Introduction to the Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman‚ the masterpiece of Arthur Miller‚ depicts a story of common American family—Lowman’s family. Willy is a man with hugh ambitious but finally failed in the fierce competition of his business. Linda‚ his wife‚ is a loyal ‚ considerate and strong wife who always takes good care of the whole family and always stands in the back of his

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    IV. Conclusion Sartre’s main purpose and goal was to unveil the mystery behind the human existence. His existentialist understanding of what it is to be human can be summarized in his view that the underlying motivation for action is to be found in the nature of consciousness which is a desire for being. He believed that humans have a radical freedom and an ultimate power over their actions; however‚ with great power comes great responsibility. His basic ideas and philosophy of existentialism

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    did not spring out of my head unshaped by any outside force” (“Influences” 50). Miller’s experiences during these times taught him the truths he would present throughout his literary works. From the insecurity of the Great Depression sprang Death of a Salesman and All My Sons‚ which portray the instability of society and the men who tragically attempt to navigate through it. From the paranoia of the McCarthy Era sprang The Crucible‚ the story of a man who must uphold his individual integrity at the

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    Symbolism in Death of a Salesman Throughout literature‚ objects are often used to display a theme that is more deeply rooted than what is seen on the surface. In the play Death of a Salesman‚ Arthur Miller chose certain objects within the play to describe what was going on both in Willy Loman’s head as well as the thoughts of the people around him. Often times you must look deeper into the storyline than you might normally‚ and this is evident in Arthur Miller’s play. In a critique of Death of a Salesman

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    Criminal Being a salesman has always carried a negative stigma since the early 1900s. Being seen as pushy‚ high pressure‚ deceitful people; the dreaded activity of purchasing some car or new appliance has haunted everyone at some point or another. Many words have come to describe salesman such as “sharks”‚ “cons”‚ “thieves” etc.‚ and these words have stuck with the profession throughout the century. Two very realistic depictions of such phonies can be seen in Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller

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    Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman“ is a play illustrating the life of a man wanting success but takes his life for his family to be financially stable. At the story’s heart is a tragic depiction of the protagonist‚ a man who wants to be successful‚ who wants his kids to be successful‚ he wants to live the American dream. Miller balances the literary devices of of flashbacks‚ motifs‚ conflicts and characterization to perceive the cost of the American Dream. Willy Loman’s idea of the American

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    Death of a Salesman- EssayIn Death of Salesman‚ the conflicts that the characters face through out in the play‚ can be interpreted as reflections of the problems in America ’s society today. The majority‚ if not all of these problems can be traced back to Willy Loman as the source. Willy Loman ’s longing to be successful (either actually through himself or through his sons) was the origin of all the other problems‚ and was the reason he could not control himself and he ruined his life and his family

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