play‚ the central character‚ Willy Lowman‚ has just returned home after finding himself incapable to focus on driving. His wife‚ Linda‚ suggests that he ask for a job in New York so that he won’t have to drive so much. Willy insists‚ however‚ that it is crucial to his company that he works in New England. Willy asks Linda about his son‚ Biff‚ who has just come home after being away for numerous years. He can’t comprehend why Biff is unable to get a good Job. Soon Willy begins thinking about when Biff
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of a Salesman’‚ a play written by Arthur Miller in 1948‚ is one in which the protagonist‚ Willy Loman is seen to be struggling against the cliché of the American dream and is undoubtedly heroic yet vulnerable throughout. From scene to scene‚ Miller uses a plethora of theatrical techniques to reveal the flaws in Willy’s character which are ultimately responsible for his breakdown. In the first scene‚ Willy returns home attired in a business suit overburdened by suitcases he is carrying. It is immediately
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transparent? 2. Describe Willy as he first appears. 3. What do the introductory remarks reveal about Linda? 4. What hints of possible tensions or problems are given in the opening remarks? 5. Why is Linda worried when Willy returns unexpectedly from his sales trip? 6. Analyze Linda’s response to Willy’s explanation for his return home. 7. What is the tension that exists between Willy and Biff? 8. Why did Willy expect Biff to amount to so much? 9. What gives Willy the feeling that he is being
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of the things that make you sad. This quote relates to the protagonist Willy in Death of a Salesman was never able to let go of his past and never forget about being abandoned when he was a child. Therefore he was never able to be happy leading him to live a stressful and lonely life although he was surrounded by people who loved him. Loneliness is not being alone but it is the feeling that no one cares. Throughout his life Willy felt like nobody cared for him therefore he always tried to prove to
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is about a salesman’s ‚Willy Loman that is trying to suicide the American dream At the age of sixty-three Willy loman has lost control of his life or he’s relationship with his older son biff. Willy’s betrayal of cheating on is wife Linda ‚and him loosing biff had lead him to suicide .biff never look have ked at his father the same way .Willy’s guilt has been eating him up ‚and wants biff to go back the way he was. When biff was young he would look up to his father .Willy had so much faith in biff
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which plays an important role for each member of the play. The main character‚ Willy Loman‚ has a dream to be a well liked salesman. Although he has the right intentions‚ Willy did not strive to make his dream real‚ leading him to failure. Willy Loman desires luxuries with his occupation as a salesman‚ but the numbers of sales he makes and money he obtains does not match up to the success he imagined
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dramatic irony helps to illustrate the story’s theme in which Willy is a man trying yo achieve the American dream‚ however he have created a world of illusion. Dramatic irony occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. Willy thinks that being well liked will get you places and his whole life is based on that‚ yet he is not well liked. This is an example of dramatic irony. Willy is lying to himself as if being well liked is the most important
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Common Man Arthur Miller’s Willy Loman is a middle-aged businessman from New York‚ who has lost his touch in the working world and is struggling to make ends meet. In a changing business environment‚ Willy is unable to adapt to his surroundings in order to succeed. Though his abilities as a salesman have degraded over time‚ Willy is too proud to give up. He refuses a job that is offered to him‚ and instead he secretly gets money from his friends to make ends meet. Willy eventually makes the ultimate
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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‚ making him mislead his sons to be what he wants them to be and influence his
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told through the delusional eyes and mind of Willy Loman‚ a traveling salesman of 34 years‚ whose fantasy world of lies eventually causes him to suffer an emotional breakdown. Willy ’s wife‚ Linda‚ loves and supports Willy despite all his problems‚ and continually believes in his success and that of their no good lazy sons‚ Biff and Happy. The play takes place in 1942‚ in Willy and Linda ’s home‚ a dilapidated shack on the outskirts of a slum. Willy has spent his whole life teaching and believing
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