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    Willy Loman Suffering

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    Everyone goes through suffering at some point in life. Some suffer from diseases and physical pain‚ while others suffer from emotional and mental pain. Sometimes‚ the suffering stops‚ in others it just keeps on going. As stated by Jimmy Whales‚ the founder of Wikipedia‚ “suffering is an individual’s basic affective experience of unpleasantness and aversion associated with harm or threat of harm.” In other words‚ no one likes to suffer‚ yet‚ when life makes you‚ there is nothing you can do about it

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    Willy Loman Analysis

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    In order to underscore these constraints‚ Miller juxtaposes the dullness of the Lomans’ “present” existence with the natural world around them (Miller 1). Almost immediately upon returning from work‚ Willy remarks how he caught himself “looking at scenery” and noticing that “the trees are so thick‚ and the sun is warm” (Miller 3). The fact that‚ in admiring the scenery‚ Willy “forgot” he “was driving” and almost crossed “over the white line” highlights the tension between the boundaries of the material

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    noble roots or royal ties. Willy Loman is an average salesman ageing in the mid sixties with a dream‚ an American dream. He has a family; a wife and two boys. His average dream of having a better job earning a decent living‚ and providing a better living standard for himself and his family. There are three main characteristics that characterize Willy as the protagonist in Death of a Salesman; his love of being social‚ the fact that he is a dreamer and a lover. Willy Loman has always believed that

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    Drama The Unsuccessful Willy Loman Willy‚as a man of 63‚is supposed to come to an age where everything should be settled down.However‚he is still suffering in his job even before he commits suicide.His financial situation is unsecure.His wife has to repair her stockings instead of buying a new one.And he has to borrow money from his neigbour Charley‚though he never returns them. What has led to Willy’s unsucess in life‚and finally even the tragedy of killing himself

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    Willy Loman Dishonest

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    Willy Loman’s moral compass often does not point true North in his life and the series of dishonest statements over many years eventually lead to his demise and detriment of his family. When his boys were young‚ Willy makes many promises of great riches and achievements for them‚ something he lives for‚ but never really has. While Willy continually puts Biff on a pedestal‚ setting him up for failure‚ he barely pays attention to his younger son‚ Happy‚ who simply desires respect and affirmation from

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    Willy Loman Archetype

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    of highly acclaimed literary work that illustrates this exact archetype: Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. The main character of the play‚ Willy Loman‚ represents that friend or relative we all know. He works his life away in an attempt to achieve the seemingly intangible American Dream‚ only to end his life living in the American Nightmare. As Willy becomes older‚ his formerly successful career begins to falter and his mental health begins diminishing due to years of mental and physical exhaustion

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    Willy Loman Symbols

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    Symbols in Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” (Symbolism of the Rubber Hose‚ Seeds‚ and Stockings in Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”) Willy Loman is the protagonist in Arthur Miller’s play‚ “Death of a Salesman.” While reading the play‚ readers realize how many life struggles Willy has been through and is still going through. His whole working career has been spent working as a traveling salesman for a company. Willy’s struggle dealing with his work comes with the fact that he has been working

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    Willy Loman had many blessings in his life: he had a supportive wife‚ two healthy children‚ and talent as a carpenter‚ yet despite possessing what many would consider to be happiness‚ Willy was filled with anger‚ resentment‚ and sadness at his existence‚ for the road he traversed was a bitter one. Willy Loman was abandoned during his childhood‚ stating to Ben during a flashback when asked how much he remembered about his father‚ “Well‚ I was just a baby‚ of course‚ only three or four years old” and

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    Essay On Willy Loman

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    is about a salesman‚ Willy Loman‚ who is a nobody and dies like a nobody. Willy is a failure‚ as both a father and a businessman. Along the journey of his life‚ many people impacted him. Willy’s son‚ Biff‚ plays a large role in Willy’s life. Biff is essentially what Willy aspired to be. Successful‚ popular‚ and going places. Since Willy could not be these things‚ he forced them on Biff‚ as if Biff’s success on the field could equate to success in the business world. Willy becomes so wrapped up

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    you take that phony dream and burn it before something happens?” (Act II). Why is this particular line so important? These words were coming from a frustrated and broken Biff Loman towards his father Willy Loman. This very quote portrays both sides of a contradicting theme: the concept of selfishness vs. selfishness. Willy Loman’s selfish character in comparison to his son Biff’s selfishness presents opposing characteristics that together end in tragedy. These concepts along with the idea of identity

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