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    Willy Flashbacks

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    Now there is no doubt that Willy is clearly mentally ill from the beginning of this play but one as to wonder; is Biff right by saying that Willy "never knew who he was" (Miller 991)‚ or did Willy create a false sense of reality as a means to escape? While hallucinations are a strong sign of schizophrenia there is also something known as psychosis. Psychosis is an impaired state of reality that can be brought on by a multitude of things- from lack of sleep to actual brain diseases. Thus the curiosity

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    Who Is Willy Flawless

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    Willy has been a salesman all his life; promoting and deals are all he knows‚ and it has extended from his business into his own life. For quite a long time he has attempted to shape and shape his life into one that is the most engaging; from his children‚ Biff and Happy‚ being upbeat‚ effective representatives like him‚ to his marriage to his wife Linda‚ and particularly his vocation. Willy is an extremely defective man who has committed numerous errors‚ however over the long run he has decided

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    and emotionally support Willy Loman‚ a man who wanted to be great but defined greatness as being “well liked” by others. Because of Linda’s choice‚ the rest of her life will be filled with disappointment. In the Loman family‚ each character is given a pivotal role in how they ultimately affect the death of Willy. While each figure is an enabler to some degree‚ Linda has knowledge from virtually all sides of the situation but still chooses to play the submissive wife to Willy. Although we must take

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    Archetype Of Willy

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    of friendship between Willy and Charley. Winch would categorize Charley as a “true friend” archetype in her academic journal. This scene when he is able to separate Willy’s actions from him as a person. It is seen over and over again that Willy refuses to accept that his formula to success is wrong‚ and because of this Charley is seen to get angry. Charley said in Act 2‚ “You’ve been jealous of me all your life‚ you damned fool”. However‚ regardless of how ungrateful Willy can be‚ Charley is always

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    Willy Tragic Hero

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    recognizes his or her flaw/s‚ but typically not until it is too late to stop to downward spiral. A few examples of tragic heroes and heroines are from the many works of Shakespear. In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ Willy Loman‚ the tragic hero‚ has so many flaws that end up in suicide before he has a chance to resolve them. To begin with‚ one of Willy’s biggest tragic flaws is his failure of being a good father. And does not hold a rightful position in his family. Willy is not a good father for

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    Willy Wonka

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    would be Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. With Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory‚ you start out by having this poor little boy‚ Charlie‚ who was very sweet‚ polite and never did anything that would put him or his family in jeopardy. This little boy’s family didn’t have much but they had each other and that’s all that mattered. This family lived in a town where there happened to be a chocolate factory owned by none other than Mr. Willy Wonka. Mr. Wonka came up with a plan to hide 5 golden

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    Willy And Greed

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    and breaks his heart! The rejected man goes to build his new career and leaves… By the way‚ Willy Jack’s career is ruined! He starts getting pills and alcohol! He is always bad-accompanied and one night on a railroad he gets brutally hit and run over by the train and consequently he loses his legs. Novalee in Americus’ fifth birthday (jinxed number) reads the news regarding the train accident in the journal and visits him in the hospital! Seeing Novalee‚ which he hadn’t seen anymore ever since the

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    Harold Loman (Miller 79)‚ or Happy as one may know him‚ never truly saw the epiphany of the ‘American Dream.’ He was just "blown full of hot air‚" he never knew what was reality and what wasn’t (105). From the day that Happy was born‚ to the day his father died‚ and most likely till the day he would die‚ he never once saw the truth behind his ‘phony’ of a father. Happy‚ not only being portrayed as a static character‚ but also somewhat of a stock character‚ would end up just like his father‚ dying

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    “Compare the ways in which Shakespeare and Browning present characters with hamartia in Othello and a selection of poetry. To what extent does this give the text a sense of catharsis at the end?” The term ’hamartia’ in this context is a reference to a flaw in a protagonist’s character‚ either because of his natural attributes‚ a sin committed by the character‚ his ignorance or naivety‚ or a misunderstanding. This results in the “hero” committing an unfixable error‚ which may result in his downfall

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    First Impressions of the Loman Family In Arthur Miller’s beloved American play ‘Death of a Salesman’‚ he presents the Loman family in one way‚ but uses subtle clues to give us‚ the audience‚ Miller’s direct interpretation of the characters. The first characters we are introduced to are the protagonist‚ Willy and his wife‚ Linda. From the start Miller portrays Willy as a struggling salesman‚ his last name being ‘Loman’ which is a homophone for ‘low man’. During Willy and Linda’s first exchange

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