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    In Death of a Salesman‚a drama by Arthur Miller‚ presents the conflict between to main characters‚ the traveling salesman‚ Willy Loman‚ and his son Biff. This discord is founded in the fact that each man is faced with the impractical ideals placed on them by the other. This leads to the subsequent shattering of Willy and Biff’s hopes. Willy chastises his son on numerous occassions. However‚ his scoldings fall deafly on Biff’s ears because he has learned of his father’s affair

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    Within The Crucible and Death of a Salesman‚ Arthur Miller’s most famous plays‚ are two important protagonists that accompany a similar role in society. In The Crucible‚ John Proctor is a highly respected and strong man in society‚ but his few weaknesses bring him to a screeching halt and to his own death. Willy Loman‚ the protagonist in Death of a Salesman‚ is a vital father figure that again accompanies many weaknesses leading to his unhappy death. Both characters have exceptionally similar but

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    Synthesis Essay: Death of a Salesman and The Great Gatsby After reading Arthur Miller’s Deah of a Salesman and watching the movie of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s well known novel The Great Gatsby‚ the two works clearly demonstrate the lengths that people go to in order to achieve the American Dream‚ the stereotypical life of a rich‚ successful and happy American. Both Jay Gatsby and Willy Loman are blinded by the pursuit of their unrealistic dreams which eventually lead to their downfalls. In Death of a Salesman

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    Death of a Salesman essay This essay explains the relevance and importance of dreams in the play; “Death of a Salesman”. There are three different types of dreams that each are very important in this play‚ these are; hopes and ambitions‚ daydreams and fantasies and the American dream. The play is based on Willy Loman who tries to achieve the American dream‚ but never accomplishes it‚ which distorts his reality‚ turning it into false fantasies. The American dream is based on being rich‚ being

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    Denial is known to harm many people‚ families‚ and communities that live obliviously to reality. The theme of denial plays an important role in the play‚ The Death of the Salesman. In this play‚ Willy Loman‚ the main character‚ lives his entire life in denial. His view on being successful is deeply disoriented compared to what actual success is. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave relates to Willy Loman’s logic because it can be said that the Loman family is in the cave. The Lomans are abstracted to the

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    Oedipus the King & Death of a Salesman Comparison In the play “Oedipus the King” (429 BCE) by Sophocles and “Death of a Salesman” (1949 AD) by Arthur Miller it is illustrated that the main protagonists Oedipus and Willy both fail to fulfill their responsibilities as leaders and instead surround themselves with personal conflict affecting their surroundings and families negatively as a result of their arrogance and excessive pride. In “Death of a Salesman”‚ Willy‚ who is envisioned as the

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    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 state. Macbeth was a very charismatic play written by William Shakespeare. In this play Macbeth is the Thane of

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    In your opinion‚ as clearly and concisely as you can‚ what does Biff learn in Death of a Salesman. In Death of a Salesman‚ Biff learns who he really is. In Death of a Salesman Biff realizes that his whole life he has been pursuing his father ’s ambitions. Biff naturally adopted Willy ’s ideals as a child‚ when Biff loved and respected Willy. It never occurred to Biff that his values and morals should reflect his own character. Biff did not know what he wanted to achieve in his future‚ and he didn

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    supposed promised American dream. However‚ it would be questionable to say that progress and success within our society is the very demise of our own being. In search for a foundation by which to answer this rather complex thought‚ Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman tends to give off a rather unique perspective -- a point of view that will perhaps allow us as mankind to prevent ourselves from a mutual-mass-suicide of our ways of life. In trying to understand what the American dream is to begin with‚ one

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    Flaws in Death of a SalesmanDeath of a Salesman” is a book deceptively based on self confidence. This trait is lacking in many of the characters. Ironically‚ the three men of the Loman decent all share the same flaw‚ Harold “Happy” Loman‚ Biff Loman‚ and tragically‚ Mr. Willy Loman. Harold is the young‚ good looking‚ “successful”‚ and attention seeker who really can’t be the independent man his shinning allure may portray. He is the mediator in certain situations‚ but almost instinctively

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