been known as a land of opportunity. Out of that thinking comes the "American Dream‚" the idea that anyone can ultimately achieve success‚ even if he or she began with nothing. In "The Death of a Salesman"‚ Arthur Miller uses the characterization of Willy Loman to represent the failure of his ideal of the American Dream. Willy’s quest for the American Dream leads to his failure because throughout his life he pursues the illusion of the American Dream and not the reality of it. His mindset on perfection
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which was engrained in him after spending his impressionable years so close to Biff‚ even sharing a bedroom with him during this time. Willy Loman‚ himself‚ was obsessed with his eldest son. During Biff’s prime of life‚ Willy found happiness by living vicariously though his son. Poor Happy was hardly noticed by his father who was so wrapped up in Biff. Willy believed that he would find all his
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character Willy Loman and also his conflict with his son Biff. Miller explores this concern through the dialogue of these characters and how they interact and perceive themselves in front of others. The nature of Willy’s own conflict is much to-do with his own self deceit. Through his own denial and teachings that he has passed on to Biff – there is more conflict as Biff tries to make his father see past his own lies and forces him to realise what he (Biff) really is. I personally feel that Willy and Biffs
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is the consistent theme of the “American Dream” that Willy believes he’s living by but in reality his interpretation of the dream is slightly flawed. He believes that by becoming successful you have to be well known by everyone and well-liked by everyone. But the American Dream is actually if you work hard you will live a better life. So his ideals are conflicting with the American dreams very rapidly. And things are at a very low point when Willy comes home at the beginning of the play. As the
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some cases that person lives passionately with desires of self fulfillment‚ eventually reaching their goals in an ever so content way. At other times one remains lost‚ underappreciated‚ and ultimately carries with them a perilous‚ loathing attitude. Willy Loman drives his life to the point of no return where images of his past become his contorted reality. Amanda Wingfield slips on the white dress of her adolescence and is suddenly thrown back in time‚ living as if she were the young girl she once was
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issues with repression are consistently displayed in "Death of a Salesman". Willy represses recollections of poor times to when he was more delighted with his family. Moreover‚ Willy represses past choices and decisions that could have made his family more jubilant such as when he passed up a venture to Alaska with his brother to visit a diamond mine in which his brother gained a vast amount of riches from. Furthermore‚ Willy says many times that he had done well with his sales deals‚ however he is
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about Willy’s brother Ben. Willy wishes that he had gone to Alaska with his brother Ben. At the same time he speaks of Ben’s having walked into a jungle and when Ben came out he was rich. Happy tells his dad that he is going to retire him for life. Ben becomes Willy’s ideal. Ben is a man who has nothing in the beginning but he ends up in riches. The Jungle than Ben walks into is symbolically the jungle of life. But the jungle becomes the woods for Willy. Thus when Willy says that ‘the woods are burning’
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At the heart of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ the central conflict occurs through the relationship of Willy Loman and his eldest son‚ Biff. Throughout the play‚ Miller uses the continuously building relationships to reveal the true themes of the play‚ as well as to create a character of hope and a tragic character. Through Willy Loman unrealistic expectations and unrealistic view of life‚ Miller is able to create a tragic character whom with the help of conflict results in the formation of
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American Dream‚ or at least Willy Loman’s version of it. Willy is a salesman who is down on his luck. He bought into the belief in the American Dream‚ and much of the hardship in his life was a result. Many people believe in the American Dream and its role in shaping people’s success. Willy could have been successful‚ but something went wrong. He raised his two sons to believe in the American Dream‚ and neither of them turned out to be successful either. By the time Willy got to be an old man‚ his
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