Texts may show us that the world of journeys involves unexpected detours. To what extent do the texts you have studies support this idea? A journey is an experience an individual undergoes that affects them and changes them in one way or another. These changes happen through the unexpected detours‚ encounters with people or things or through hardships suffered. The changes can seem to make a small change to a person at first but over time they end up changing a person in a dramatic way. Arthur
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Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ Willy Loman is an aging salesman trying to make sense of his sixty-three years of life. He evaluates the decisions that he has made based on his belief system that a man has to have the admiration of others to be successful. He also assesses what his sons have done in their lives and pays special attention to the choices of the oldest son‚ Biff. Although Happy is clearly the more successful son‚ his Dad identifies more with Happy’s brother. Willy makes poor choices that caused
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American Dream lives. Willy Loman‚ a salesman‚ drives on endlessly‚ searching for buyers and a reason to continue. Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman perfectly captures the struggle of everyday Americans looking to find success in the struggling economy of early 20th century America. Miller’s artfully crafted play proves through the character of Willy Loman that everyday people can have the flaws and experiences that create tragic heroes. As with every tragic hero‚ Willy Loman suffers from a fatal
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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 Loman family. The requiem serves as a place where Miller paints a picture
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rich and popular. The Ancient Greek defines a tragic hero as a superb character of noble birth within a tragedy whose downfall eventually leads to his hamartia (Donovan‚ n.d.). In this case‚ Willy is not a great man and thus does not fit into the classic definition of a tragic hero. Considered as an ordinary man‚ Willy’s fall is attributed to hamartia‚ which is in line with the Aristotle view of a tragic hero. Aristotle also asserts that a tragic hero is characterized by hubris (excessive pride or
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realistic portrayal of family in the middle of the twentieth century‚ but it ’s also a symbolic and expressionistic drama. Miller has a reputation for dealing with moral issues in his plays; ‘All the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them‚ rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away.’ Arthur Miller. The play is set in 1940’s America subsequent to The Great Depression‚ communally‚ many citizens of this
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Willy Loman is responsible for deterioration of his world. Willy finds someone to look up too‚ a hero of sorts‚ and tries to become the hero in his own life. Willy tries to become a very successful businessman but he is not good with people‚ he is not a very good salesman and in the end chooses the wrong career. Willy often makes things up because he cannot face the truth that in life he has not accomplished as much as he had hoped and planned. Willy’s undoing is brought about by his unreal dreams
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in a success-driven society and shows the tragic path which eventually leads to his suicide. Willy Loman believes in what he considers the promise of the American Dream wholeheartedly‚ which is based on the Declaration of Independence stated by Thomas Jefferson in 1776: "We believe that all men are born with these inalienable rights - life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness."(Malone‚ 28) However‚ Willy is too caught up in this masculine dream and it does not succeed as he wishes. He tries to live
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or dedication is slim to none. Uncle Ben Loman not only found an opportunity to be all he could be but it was almost as if he got it handed to him on a silver platter. Ben Loman‚ the older brother of Willy Loman‚ was the model for Loman family for success. Ben ’s success influenced Willy his whole life and Willy tries desperately to achieve Ben ’s dreams. In the three meetings Ben had with Willy it is evident that Ben ’s success had impacted Willy ’s character by making him strive for success
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