it’s hero‚ Willy Loman‚ is a tragic figure that faces a superior source‚ being the American dream and the struggle for success. Loman also excites pity in the reader because of his defeat and his inability to become a success or teach his children how to make their lives successful. Miller defines a flaw as "an inherent unwillingness to remain passive in the face of what one conceives to be a challenge to one’s dignity..." Loman fulfills many of the requirements of being a tragic hero. Willy is not
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Death of a Salesman is a tragic play written by Arthur Miller‚ the play is about an aging and struggling salesman‚ Willy Loman‚ and his family’s misguided perception of success. Willy Loman is responsible for his own downfall. He tries to become a very successful businessman‚ in reality he is not a good salesman he is good with his hands‚ not people. Willys complex mind often makes up stories or changes the stories he knows because he cannot face the truth of his life that he has not accomplished
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characterization to show that Willy and Biff’s morality is represented by actions of lies‚ hypocrisy‚ and succumbing to society. The flashbacks in Death of a Salesman create a buffer between Willy’s past and present actions as well as how his morals evolve and influence those actions. Willy does not know his father‚ and consequently‚ he has never had a strong male figure in his life. Willy’s flashbacks with Ben show that Ben is a family member that Willy views as a role model. Even though Willy does not know Ben
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1. Who is Willy Loman? Willy Loman is a travelling salesman. He has a wife and two sons. He talks to himself a lot. He is almost retired‚ but he has not been very successful. He seems short-tempered and out of his mind a little. 2. Identify Linda. Linda is Willy’s wife. She is a wonderful wife and mother. She is always upbeat‚ supportive and positive. We only know Linda in contrast to Willy. 3. What happened to Willy after he got a little above Yonkers? Willy wasn’t paying attention
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In Arthur miller’s‚ Death of a Salesman‚ Willy Loman‚ the protagonist of the play‚ is used as an example to show that once you lie‚ everything goes downhill. Willy is a salesman‚ that travels to far cities away from his house to make people interested in his supplies. In the opening scene‚ he tells Linda‚ his wife‚ that he is exhausted from driving far away from home. Willy‚ then continuously talks about how he is a vital asset to the company‚ yet they have him doing the same thing for the past thirty
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Salesman‚ is about a man named Willy Loman who only wants to have the “American Dream”. Willy’s life starts to fall apart and his dream vanishes. With all of his failure‚ Willy decides that his family would be better of if he were dead. I think that Willy was experiencing some depression and only wanted the best for his family. Willy Loman’s “American Dream” was to be a successful salesman in New England‚ have a house of his own‚ and raise a family. As Willy got older his “American Dream” began
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characters‚ MS 13 gang member‚ Willy (aka El Casper)‚ and Sayra‚ a Honduran girl who is traveling to New Jersey with her brother and uncle. The story of Willy is his struggle to deal with gang-life while he tries to maintain a relationship outside the gang‚ while in the process of initiating a young boy‚ El Smiley‚ into the gang. Willy’s girlfriend attends a gang meeting unbeknown to him‚ and ends up being killed by the gang’s leader Lil’ Mago. After the death of his girlfriend‚ Willy and El Smiley are taken
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mellow‚ nor out of character because he serves as the one person in this play that views Willy from greater angles; who views Willy in depth and realistically. As a man who isn’t loudly spoken as a character‚ he sees much more to Willy than his family and colleagues‚ he sees that Willy is a broken man with identity issues but does want to do the right thing and what’s best for his family‚ so his defense of Willy serves his role as a character. Miller introduces Charley in Act I‚ where he describes
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about is the American system. In Arthur Miller ’s moving and powerful play‚ "Death of a Salesman"‚ Miller uses many character to contrast the difference between success and failure within the system. Willy is the dreamy salesman whose imagination is much larger than his sales ability‚ while Linda is Willy ’s wife who stands by her husband even in his absence of realism. Biff and Happy are the two blind mice who follows in there father ’s fallacy of life‚ while Ben is the only member of the Loman family
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this episode. Charley is the play’s saving grace‚ a beacon of hope in cruel capitalistic times‚ he is always offering Willy escape. My chosen episode is Willy’s final visit to Charley. Within this scene Miller not only brings home Willy’s failure as a salesman and father‚ but the devastating effect of capitalism on the common man. The comparison between Charley and Willy makes the play’s key moments sting even more with the realisation of their unfairness and inevitability. Within this scene
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