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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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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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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the ‘American Dream’ ‚ which traditionally meant opportunity and freedom for all. Willy Loman was a firm believer in this; he also believed that success was achievable according to how well liked you are as opposed to ability or determination. Hence; “He had the wrong dreams. All‚ all Wrong.” I will be considering Loman’s dreams to see if they are in fact all wrong? The play is considered a tragedy -with Willy Loman‚ the protagonist. Though it has been argued whether or not the play is a tragedy
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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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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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Analyzing: “The Victims” by Sharon Olds “The Victims” by Sharon Olds is a poem‚ which gives us an elaborated and refined view of a tortured family in our modern society. It describes the immature resentment of the young speaker and her family towards the father‚ and the more mature expression of sympathy of the grown up speaker. The poem is divided into two parts‚ easy to spot due to a sudden change in the verb tenses‚ speaker‚ tone and purpose. The first part of the poem‚ transmits to the reader
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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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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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