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    Willy Loman‚ in the play Death of a salesman‚ believes that being physically attractive and well liked by people‚ are the only necessary ingredients to attain the American dream. Willy works his entire adult life trying to become an astounding salesman‚ such as Dave Singleman. In Willy’s mind‚ Dave is the epitome of a successful salesman and “thus‚ the dream has shaped in Willy’s mind. All his life has been spent trying to imitate this person” (Danqing 27)‚ until he finally realizes that his hard

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    about tragedy and happiness. Willy Loman‚ the main character is a very charismatic person‚ he has bursts of happiness and bursts of anger and sadness. His two sons Biff and Happy contribute to his mood in many different aspects‚ we start to see how relationships mold and how they fall. Through Willy’s actions the reader can see Willy is a chronic liar throughout the story. Willy loman starts off this book with a great attitude and sense of direction. Page 21 Willy comes back from a business

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    Observing Aluminum Foil Lab Alexandra Bellissimo Mrs. Taylor D1P4 Date preformed: September 11th 2014 Date of Submission: September 19th 2014 The purpose of this experiment is to calculate the thickness of aluminum foil in centimeters. In this lab we measured the thickness by plugging in the quantitative properties of our piece of aluminum foil into the equation for volume and then isolated “h” to solve for height. The thinking behind this method is that by using

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    Dream‚ so far in the story not many of them have reached this goal. The characters that are in the pursuit of the American Dream include Willy‚ Biff‚ and Happy Loman. There are also characters in this play that have actually reached the American Dream and they include: Uncle Ben‚ Charley‚ and Howard Wagener. Howard Wagener has reached the American dream through his father’s successes. His father’s name was Frank Wagener‚ Willy’s old

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    evident than in Miller’s play Death of a Salesman‚ where salesman Willy Loman desperately struggles to regain a sense of dignity after experiencing a number of setbacks in his life. Despite not being able to provide for his family‚ Willy Loman continues the futile struggle to earn a living‚ which shows the despair of falling from a position of respect to a position of uselessness. The hopes and dreams that he has for his kids in the past never come into existence‚ but Willy still enthusiastically

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    Death of a Hero (A Discussion of Willy Loman as a Tragic Hero in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman) Questions are often raised as to whether certain individuals are redeemable from the acts that they have committed. One such individual is Willy Loman. Willy Loman is the central character in Arthur Miller’s play‚ Death of a Salesman. In the playWilly Loman is a 63 year old salesman with two sons‚ Biff and Happy‚ aged 34 and 32 respectively. He is also married to Linda Loman. Their family

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    Do you agree with Arthur Miller’s assertion in Tragedy and the Common Man that Willy Loman is indeed a tragic hero? Why or why not? According to Miller‚ a tragic hero is someone who dies for personal dignity. Willy does indeed die for his dignity. “Those who act against the scheme of things that degrades them.”(Miller. Tragedy of the Common Man) Willy’s act of committing suicide‚ fits in that category. In act 2‚ Willy reveals his desires to win back Biff’s respect by committing suicide. In one of

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    mad with obssession. For both Willy Lowman from Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Frankesntein from Mary Shelley’s similarily titled book; they know this well. Willy and Frankensteinare two men under the spell of their megolomaniacal delusions of grandeur that compel them to reach for what they cannot have - new life. The most obvious difference between Willy and Frankenstein is their age‚ which is the pinnacle of each story for the authors’ advantage. Willy Lowman (low-man) is an insignificant

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    come out based on the novel‚ Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) was also filmed. Both films were pretty good to me. In the 2005 version‚ the famous Johnny Depp stars as Willy Wonka‚ an unusual and successful chocolate and candy maker who owns an enormous magical factory. Freddie Highmore stars as Charlie Bucket‚ a young and poor innocent boy who lives near the chocolate factory with his very loving family and is fascinated with Willy Wonka and his candy. Willy Wonka and his chocolate factory

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    the story Tartuffe by Moliere‚ the audience can view many foil characters. It seems as if every character had a foil‚ meaning opposite character. The two foils that most stood out were Tartuffe and Cleante. These characters show completely different personalities and everything about them is actually the opposite. One is a hypocrite about religion and the other one is very pious. The more you learn about the characters‚ the more you realize how different they are. Cleante is both a wise man and a

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