were/was used to make Biff answers more realistic.) Interviewer: Were you surprised to hear about your father’s suicide attempts? Biff: Yes‚ of course! I had no idea. But I guess it’s like what Mom had said; I never asked about him‚ I didn’t write that often. But I really had no clue that he was that bad-off. Interviewer: What did you mean when you were telling Happy that you never felt like you were getting anywhere with your life when you were working on a farm? Biff: My father’s standard
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Willy Loman an Existentialist? Can anyone control their life? Is the power of control in human beings’ hands to make choices and set or know the exact outcome of those choices? Personally‚ I don’t believe that human beings are awarded with such a power as to be able to change any aspect of their lives. The purpose of my essay is to focus on the life of Willy Loman‚ a protagonist in a play called Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Is Willy Loman an existentialist or he thinks he has no control
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“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 and the natural worlds (Miller 3). Both spaces are demarcated and distinct‚ and the
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Compare and contrast Biff and Happy as Willy’s sons. How do they reflect or reject Willy’s philosophies? Willy Loman is a salesman with a fragile grip on reality. All his life he has strived for his version of the American dream being "well liked" and making money to the point where he is forced to deny reality in order to achieve it. His mind is full of delusions about his own abilities and accomplishments‚ and the accomplishments of his sons Biff and Happy. Biff‚ the eldest son‚ admires
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Willy and Gatsby Many people in the 1920s tried to achieve the American dream. In both‚ the play The Death of a Salesman and in the book The Great Gatsby‚ the idea of the American dream is making it in life. The character in the Death of a Salesman that is very eager to live the American Dream is a man named Willy Loman. Willy is an older guy that lives in the city with his wife and two sons. In The Great Gatsby it is Jay Gatsby that is attempting to live the American Dream. Gatsby
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American Dream lives. Willy Loman‚ a salesman‚ drives on endlessly‚ searching for buyers and a reason to continue. Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman perfectly captures the struggle of everyday Americans looking to find success in the struggling economy of early 20th century America. Miller’s artfully crafted play proves through the character of Willy Loman that everyday people can have the flaws and experiences that create tragic heroes. As with every tragic hero‚ Willy Loman suffers from a
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highways. In Death of a Salesman‚ Willy‚ grew up and built his house out in the open grasses‚ however his dream of America was boxed in by the city. However some think that Willy’s dream was not crushed by the city‚ but that his dreams were mistaken from the start‚ and that Willy was expecting too much from America. Willy’s ideal dream of an American life is to have a home to raise his boys where the sun is bright and the air is clean. Throughout the play Willy comes back to the subject of how he
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Miller Comparison Paper In the Death of a Salesman and The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller is saying that the “American Dream” and the Red Scare lead to many unnecessary deaths. Through the actions of Willy Loman and John Proctor‚ Miller shows us that the average man would die to save his name and his family. Willy Loman‚ from Death of a Salesman‚ was a the typical man during the late 1940s. He had a wife and two boys and had no other goal but to achieve the “American Dream.” He believed his purpose in life
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bond of friendship between Willy and Charley. Winch would categorize Charley as a “true friend” archetype in her academic journal. This scene when he is able to separate Willy’s actions from him as a person. It is seen over and over again that Willy refuses to accept that his formula to success is wrong‚ and because of this Charley is seen to get angry. Charley said in Act 2‚ “You’ve been jealous of me all your life‚ you damned fool”. However‚ regardless of how ungrateful Willy can be‚ Charley is
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a complex human being; and soon afterwards the admirers themselves take on generalized significance. Through the passion with which each constructs the god he needs‚ he bears ironical witness to the many and wayward forms of human mythmaking. Biff Brannon is introduced as a man with a rare gift for disinterested observation and described in such a way as to suggest that he should function as Mrs. McCullers’ raisonneur the one person to make objective sense of the action. As a café owner‚ he
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