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    Into- 150 Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman reflects the numerous issues of the American post-war period of the late 1940’s when societal issues such as dishonesty and betrayal; and the loss of identity were predominantly experienced by Americans in 1949. Hence‚ Miller’s involvement of these contemporary post war era dilemmas enlightened people to quest for the ultimate truth. Thus‚ Miller’s utilisation of important ideas such as dishonesty and betrayal; and the loss of identity empower the audience

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    In the play "Death of a Salesman"� by Arthur Miller‚ reality and illusion is a major theme and source of conflict. Willy‚ main character of the play‚ has a hard time distinguish between reality and illusion. His flashbacks‚ mostly back to the time when Biff was still in his high school year‚ always overlap with the present days. He cannot see who he and his sons are. He believes his elder son‚ Biff‚ and his youngest son‚ Happy‚ are great and successful and cannot accept the fact that they are not

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    EXERCISE FOR READING‚ COMPREHENSION AND INTERPRETATION Prologue (1-150) - Oedipus‚ Priest and Creon What is the dramatic purpose of the prologue? How does Oedipus characterize himself (8)? What is his attitude toward the suppliants (13-14)? What conditions in Thebes does the Priest describe (25-30)? How do the suppliants view Oedipus (31-34;40;46)? The Priest refers to Oedipus’s saving of Thebes from the Sphinx (35-38)‚ a monster with human female head and breasts and a lion’s body with wings

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    Death of a Salesman Ar thur Mi l l e r INTRODUCTION Arthur Miller has emerged as one of the most successful and enduring playwrights of the postwar era in America‚ no doubt because his focusing on middle-class anxieties brought on by a society that emphasizes the hollow values of material success has struck such a responsive chord. The recurring theme of anxiety and insecurity reflects much of Arthur Miller’s own past. Born the son of a well-to-do Jewish manufacturer in New York City in

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    especially sons‚ consider their fathers’ legacy as a legend and dream to follow fathers’ footsteps. A son’s future depends on the role of the father‚ and it is so important that their family’s faith depend on their relationship. Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” consists of endless father-son conflicts due to the fact that Willy‚ an oppressive father‚ has high‚ unattainable expectations for his son Biff; while he appears to have virtually no relationship with his youngest son‚ Happy. Willy refuses

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    Aristotelian philosophy teaches that knowing material reality can be achieved by properly identifying the essential traits of things and distinguishing things from other things by forming classification schemes based on those traits. The theory’s great power is that it canproduce useful‚ independently verifiable categories of analysis--if we all can agree on the epic’s essential traits‚ then we can conduct reasonable scholarly discussions about epics. Since Aristotle also was interested (like his

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    The Dysfunctional Family In Arthur Miller’s drama‚ "Death of a Salesman" the protagonist is a sixty-year-old salesperson by the name of Willy Loman. Willy suffers from self-delusion and is obsessed with the desire to succeed. Willy’s actions strongly influence his family‚ which contributes to their self-delusions. Willy’s wife Linda is an enabler and is codependent upon him. Linda encourages and participates in Willy’s delusions. She is unselfish and her life revolves around Willy and their

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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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    I. Description of Main Characters A. Willy Loman 1. Willy Loman is an aging salesman who has had to work hard for everything in his life. Throughout the story we are given a look into the skewed reality he has created for himself as the story progresses. Unlike other tragic heroes‚ Willy is unable to fully realize the situation he has been placed in. Even though he comes to a superficial understanding of himself and the sales profession‚ Willy is unable to see his own failure as

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    Similar to Dr. King‚ Antigone also fights the law of the government‚ although in order to try and achieve a different resolution but fails unlike Dr. King. Antigone’s stakes justify her actions and although she sees it as her responsibility to bury her brother‚ she stands to lose more than Dr. King from failure as her life is on the line for her betrayal of the law. She however chooses to ignore the stakes as she realizes that what she has to lose compares nothing to what she and her family could

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