9. Linda is a multidimensional wife because she continues to defend Willy when he treats her like she is worthless. However‚ Linda suffers from her treatment but she does not make a big deal about it and continues to support Willy and her children. She defends Willy and supports him through financial issues. She also brings the family together and is the back-bone of the family. No matter how she is treated she continues to be supportive. 10. Willy is conqueror of the New England territories which
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In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby‚ Gatsby is a man who can be compared to Holden Caulfield from J.D Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. Jay Gatsby and Holden Caulfield are both caught up in their unattainable dreams and first love and as a result struggle with an obsession of their past. It is a natural tendency for all men and women to dream but sometimes these dreams may be unattainable. In J.D Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield has a desire to preserve the innocence of
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Is Gatsby great or not? Section 1: Gatsby is generous to the people at his parties. He throws banquets and spends a lot of money on food‚ preparations and entertainment. Gatsby is a generous host. “most people were brought” “Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York--every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.” “At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet
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• Nicholas "Nick" Carraway (narrator) — a man from the Midwest‚ a Yale graduate‚ a World War I veteran‚ and a resident of West Egg. He is Gatsby’s next-door neighbor and a bond salesman. Easygoing‚ sarcastic and optimistic‚ this latter quality fades as the novel progresses. • Jay Gatsby (originally James Gatz) — a young‚ mysterious millionaire with shady business connections (later revealed to be a bootlegger)‚ originally from North Dakota. He is obsessed with Daisy Buchanan‚ whom he had met
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In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ all the characters are‚ in one way or another‚ attempting to achieve a state of happiness in their lives. The main characters are divided into two groups: the rich upper class and the poorer lower class‚ which struggles to attain a higher position. Though the major players seek only to change their lives for the better‚ the idealism and spiritualism of the American Dream is inevitably crushed beneath the harsh reality of life‚ leaving their lives without meaning
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it to happen. In order to fulfill your dreams‚ you have to work hard for it to happen. In the excerpt from the book Death of a Salesman‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ it suggests that as a unique individual‚ you can’t relive another person’s life or experience. Willy Loman’s main goal or dream in life to be well-liked and to be on the top. Back in the day‚ a business person‚ or salesman would be considered as being on the top‚ being the best. The quote “... I realized that selling was the greatest career
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Death Of A Salesman The play ’Death Of A Salesman’‚ the brainchild of Arthur Miller was transformed and fitted to the movie screen in the year 1986. The play itself is set in the house of Willy Loman‚ and tells the melancholy story of a salesman whom is in deep financial trouble‚ and the only remedy for the situation is to commit suicide. In the stage production of this tale‚ the specific lighting‚ set‚ and musical designs really give the story a strong undertow of depression. And logically the
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Show how the playwright creates tension and how this increases your appreciation of any aspect of the play. Arthur Miller’s modern tragedy Death of a Salesman is rife with tension regarding the protagonist‚ Willy Loman‚ a salesman eluded and deluded by the American Dream. The play follows Miller’s reworking of the Aristotelian hero in the final twenty-four hours of his life. Willy’s obsession with his Dream and all associated with it – personal attractiveness‚ business success and family success
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Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby... perfect foils? By: Daniela Calderon In “The Great Gatsby‚” written by Scott Fitzgerald‚ Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby are two characters that struggle with the idea of losing their shared love interest‚ Daisy. Tom and Gatsby’s attachment to Daisy is differently justified due to their contrasting views‚ personalities‚ attitudes‚ actions‚ backgrounds‚ and other factors‚ some of which they do share and concur in. Fitzgerald did a great thing here. He created two purposefully
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The Expressionistic Devices in Death of a Salesman Musical Motifs From the opening flute notes to their final reprise‚ Miller’s musical themes express the competing influences in Willy Loman’s mind. Once established‚ the themes need only be sounded to evoke certain time frames‚ emotions‚ and values. The first sounds of the drama‚ the flute notes "small and fine‚" represent the grass‚ trees‚ and horizon - objects of Willy’s (and Biff’s) longing that are tellingly absent from the overshadowed
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