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    My Future Husband

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    My perfect future husband I am allergic to honey. It gives me a headache. My future husband has to know this. That will bring him one step closer to being perfect. He must also have a head of full of hair and be a foot taller than myself. That really should not be a problem. He also needs to be fit and healthy with a trim body as proof. He must also be very successful at his career whatever that may be as long as he is not policeman‚ a fireman‚ a lawyer‚ an accountant‚ a dentist‚ a surgeon‚ a

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    the same way as his mental health. Willy is a insecure man that can not accept his fate‚ his son Biff is not the man Willy wishes him to be. In addition his younger son Happy has been living is the shadow of his older brother and can not condemn his lust. Willy feels the betrayal of Biff not being successful is the fact that Biff discovers that Willy had slept with another women. Willy has a essence of abandonment around him. His brother Ben passed away when Willy was young leaving him no leniency

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    The audience are first introduced to the Loman brothers as they are staying at their parents home in Brooklyn. The brothers are woken by their father‚ and begin an incredibly deep conversation concerning their lives. This conversation reveals a lot about Biff and Happy and their outlook on life. Firstly‚ an immediate contrast is made in how the pair treat women. Happy has an incredibly degrading attitude‚ in which he thinks that he is entitled to any women that he wants‚ despite being aware that

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    ultimately overcomes his imperfection and avenges his father’s death. Conversely‚ Willy Loman never surmounts his self destruction. Author Miller portrays Willy as a self indulgent salesman who lives in his own lies and pity‚ ultimately leading to his demise. Though the two characters hold similar qualities‚ only one possesses the traits of a tragic hero. Although many similarities exist between Hamlet and Willy Loman‚ only Hamlet exemplifies the qualities of a tragic hero. Aristotle’s theory describes

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    ideas. Happy and Biff feed off of each other’s enthusiasm as they go on about how the “Loman brothers” are going to go into business together. When in reality it’s all talk and biff would never follow through. I feel that biff is a “yes man”‚ Biff will say anything to anyone to get them to be happy even if it’s not in his best interest or he simply doesn’t want to do it. This is evident when Biff talks to Willy about going to see oliver to ask him in his venture to go into business. Not only do we

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    A Husbands Worst Nightmare

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    A Husband’s Worst Nightmare When a husband hears the news of his wife having an affair outside their marriage‚ he becomes the victim and is left to decide what to do about the situation. While an author can set up this chain of events with ease‚ taking the story and giving it life is something completely different. To bring the audience in and assist them in feeling what the husband is thinking and feeling‚ and at the same time showing sympathy to the wife is truly a work of art. “Under the

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    Samantha Walsh English 101 Ms. Clement 18 February 2013 Failure Nobody ever wants to fail. When people think of “failure”‚ it usually is negative. Failure is commonly viewed as disappointment or not reaching desired goals. More often than not‚ it is associated with losing. After we experience failure‚ it is our choice how to internalize the experience. I believe that after failure‚ most people choose to stop taking big risks and stop from daring to dream big and instead let the failing experience

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    Throughout the play Willy Loman has an illusion of material success and freedom. In results of his illusions affecting his brain Willy slowly starts to deteriorate his everyday routine and thoughts. Soon enough he can not even distinguish his wild dreams from the rational realities of the present day. Through the illusion of willy wanting to have material success and freedom

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    A Failure

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    Looking around‚ I could see the uneasy and impatient expressions on people’s faces. Suddenly‚ a loud voice interrupted my presentation: “The scenarios sound like scary but implausible fictions. We should stop here!” This stunning moment occurred during a milestone meeting for one of my early projects at Monitor Group. The project was meant to develop a set of plausible scenarios for evaluating the potential impacts of the melting Arctic ice-cap on Singapore’s status as a transshipment hub. As

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    almost certain that someone will not think or talk about failure. Failure is something that people stray away from. This is normal because everyone wants to succeed in life. Although people hope for success‚ failure happens from time to time. This is the unfortunate truth‚ but reality of the American dream. Arthur Miller challenges this in “Death of a Salesman” In “Death of a Salesman” the play is a perfect example of the American Dream and failure.

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