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    story’s protagonist‚ Willy‚ develop extensively throughout the course of the play; therefore‚ they are key elements in the advancing story line. This story line blends and contrasts Willy’s closest companions‚ Ben and Charley. They represent two aspects of Willy’s ideals. Howard‚ Willy’s boss‚ functions in order to heighten the destruction of Willy’s dream. The characters Ben‚ Charley and Howard are influential in the play’s outcome and help develop the main character‚ Willy. <br> <br>Ben is a figment

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    ” As the title suggests‚ the book is about the death of a salesman named Willy Loman. However‚ through my production‚ it is not the inevitable ending that will be remembered by the audience. It will be the processes that led to Willy’s conflicted mind that will resonate in the audience’s mind. The underlying values of blind faith in the American dream and the narrow-minded definition of success‚ which are exemplified in Willy Loman‚ combine to form an example of a self-inflicted demise. However‚ through

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    Death of a salesman plan “Consider the relationship established between Willy and Linda in the opening of the play (p8-10). What do we learn about their marriage? What clues to future events are subtly being introduced here? Introduction/Point of argument Linda loves her husband Willy immensely; she is completely devoted to him‚ and prioritises him over anything else. Linda is passively supportive and docile when Willy talks unrealistically about hopes for the future and subtly controls him

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    Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ Willy Lowman loses his mind and eventually kills himself but this cannot be blamed on his lack of support. Willy was raised to believe and act a certain way and from there it is hard to break that mindset since it was installed so young. Willy also was not open with his problems and always lied his way through life. In the end Biff ultimately did break the cycle and tried to help him but Willy only took it as a personal insult. Willy was raised as a salesman’s son

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    Many of these failures are demonstrated through the struggles of the main character‚ Willy. Though the audience never actually can look into the main character’s mind‚ one can clearly see the internal battle that is happening inside Willy Loman’s head. He often is seen dwelling on the more upsetting aspects of his life‚ never particularly taking notice to all the good he has

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    Salesman for decades. From the play’s opening scene where Willy Loman (the principle character) states cryptically‚ “I’m tired to the death” to the play’s conclusion‚ scholars have dissected most every portion of Miller’s play but are still in disagreement where the overall work is concerned. “Ever since Lee J. Cobb first dropped those sample cases on the stage of the old Morosco Theatre on a cold February night in 1949‚ the role of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman has been a magnet to American

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    misconceptions of reality these challenges become complicated by external factors‚ which ultimately lead to tragic results. Willy‚ from the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ Holden‚ from the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ and Macbeth‚ from the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ live with false perceptions of life and struggle through life’s challenges. Willy struggles with the challenges of his life by lying‚ causing him to suffer because of how he defines success. Holden is

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    for the present. Miller ’s character Willy Loman is convinced attractiveness‚ popularity‚ and physical prowess is all any man needs for prosperity. In the beginning‚ Miller introduces Willy ’s flawed insight linking personal attractiveness to success. Act I opens with a conversation between Willy and his wife‚ Linda. While discussing their son‚ Biff‚ Willy wonders how‚ “a young man with such – personal attractiveness‚ gets lost” (Miller 1237). Proudly‚ Willy continues his high praise asking Linda

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    a salesman” interweaves the past and present. Willy Loman is the protagonist in the play. He is an insecure and self-deluded traveling salesman. He has reached the age where he can no longer compete in his chosen career‚ of being a salesman. Linda Loman is Willy’s wife and his biggest supporter. Willy wants to be able to leave something behind for his two sons Harold and Biff. His two sons don’t fulfill his hopes and dreams‚ that they will be

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    from the perspective of the protagonist Willy Loman. As the last name alludes‚ Willy has never accomplished anything in his life and now is at the very end of it where he still hopes of making it big in the world. He is 63 years old and has the mind of a child. Willy literally lives in the glory days of the past where his mind tends to switch back and forth‚ from the present to the past. From his name we learn how the reader is hanging on a cliff to see Willy “will he do it”. And His last name gives

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