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    Death Of A Salesman ‚ a play by the great playwright Arthur Miller ‚ portrays the "American Dream" which was long sought for a long time by many people around the world. America was and is the land of opportunity‚ and this opportunity is taken but not wisely by the protagonist Willy Loman. Willy is a man who is rather unmanly because of his weak and cowardly acts throughout the play‚ where he is surrounded by Linda his wife and his sons Biff and Happy. In a my opinion‚ this play is extremely well-written

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    Alex Barnett Professor Wright APELANG 25 April 2013 Death of a Salesman deals with a loss of identity and a man’s inability to accept change within himself. The play is the memories‚ dreams‚ confrontations‚ and arguments‚ that make up the last 24 hours of Willy Loman’s life. The three major themes within the play are denial‚ contradiction‚ and order versus disorder. While the article‚ “Causes of suicide not always straightforward”‚ discusses the factors that can cause a perfectly normal person

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    Death of A Salesman Arthur Miller’s play‚ Death of a Salesman tells a sad story of a man who was too proud to admit that he was a failure.  Willy Loman created a world of illusion to help him to continue with the daily drudge of living.  He spent his life trying desperately to convince himself‚ and others‚ that he was successful and "well liked" until the day he died.  The Requiem is the last act of Miller’s play where the sad truth of Willy Loman’s existence is revealed to the audience and the

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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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    Death of a Salemsman: Essay draft ANALYZE THE ROLE OF WILLY LOMAN AS A TRAGIC HERO. Death of a Salesman is a tragic play written by Arthur Miller. The play takes place in Brooklyn and other various places in America‚ during the 1940’s. Willy Loman is the main character in the play‚ he attempts to obtain the full luxury of the American dream. Willy does not achieve this goal. Willy Loman was once a very successful man and well respected. Even though he had a temper as hot as fire and his pride

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    characters Bartleby and Willy Loman have serious social and psychological issues that are evident. The employers of both these men attempt to assist them. Neither one is able to continue in their daily work tasks for one reason or another. Both have opportunities but choose not take them. Although Willy Loman is a deeply flawed character‚ there is something compelling about his nostalgia. Modernity accounts for the obsolescence of Willy Loman’s career --traveling salesman are rapidly becoming

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    catastrophes are more likely to occur to great trees‚ people with great power‚ than a clump of grass‚ common people. But when tragic heroes abuse their power‚ they become the cause of their own downfall‚ leading them to misfortune. In “Death of a Salesman‚” Willy Loman is portrayed as the tragic hero as he irrationally chases after the American Dream. In his quest to achieve his dream‚ he manipulates his family’s feelings towards him. Since he admires good looks and personality over intelligence‚ strives

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    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 a person

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    Hamlet and Willy Loman‚ characters whose rolls are very alike‚ and different at the same time. They both share some good examples of tragedy‚ family‚ and love in some parallel ways and‚ in some different ways. Family is very important in these two plays. They both have parents that want the best for their children but do not spend much time with them. Love is also a good comparison even though it is not directly shown‚ but instead hint toward throughout each play. These two plays provide insightful

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    In Arthur Miller’s Death of a SalesmanWilly Loman instills his own skewed vision of success into his sons; however‚ Biff Loman rejects Willy’s teachings and looks for success elsewhere‚ while Happy Loman follows Willy’s advice and leads a materialistic and idealistic‚ yet unsatisfactory‚ lifestyle. Hard work and success are not intertwined in Willy’s mind; instead‚ he believes that he can succeed by the merit of his charm alone. This wisdom‚ when imparted to Biff‚ leaves him confused with how

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