motivated and hard-working‚ with high standards and morals. Or‚ it can tear a person down‚ to the point of near insanity that results from the wild‚ hopeless chase after the dream. This is what occurs to Biff‚ Happy‚ and Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s book Death of a Salesman. In the play‚ Willy Loman is a traveling salesman whose main ambition in life is wealth and success‚ neither of which he achieves. Corrupted by their father‚ Biff and Happy also can not attain success. Biff fails to find a steady‚ high-paying
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salesman named Willy Loman who believes that being “well-liked” is the key to success. Willy Loman is the protagonist and tragic hero in this play. Willy‚ like all tragic heros‚ has a flaw that leads to his demise. Willy’s pride does not allow him to accept help from others and forces him to live in denial. In Death of a Salesman‚ Arthur Miller uses characterization through Willy’s actions to depict the fall of a modern tragic hero in his quest to reach the American Dream. Willy Loman’s false hopes
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What does it really mean to deny reality? Through the play‚ Willy Loman illustrates this crippling behaviour. Willy shows that he is incapable of accepting the present truth that he is unsuccessful and unrespected. He dwells on the past and believes his previous “achievements” should score him recognition and prosperity. Willy tries to use these memories to advantage. He had tried this feat when he begged his boss for an in town job. Willy found justification for a guaranteed job just because he “named”
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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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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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the first scene answering her with jilted answers using the filler ‘erm’ excessively and the use of ellipses enhances the irregularity of his sentences. This shows how Rita has surprised him and exceeded his initial expectations. By setting this up‚ Willy Russell could be seen as creating a moral like: don’t be judgemental before you really know someone. Unlike the idea of the characters setting the rules and codes up to be proved wrong or absurd‚ the door is also used to show absurdity of codes of
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sure to fill out all of the red and empty portions of this document to receive full credit. You may erase the red text after adding in your information. You may also change the color of the text to black‚ if you desire. Scenario Topic Chosen: Free Willy? Problem (2 Points) What is the purpose of your experiment? What are you trying to find out? Problem(s): Does keeping Orca Whales in captivity affect their lifespan and health? Do wild Orca Whales have a longer lifespan? Research (2 Points) What
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Educating Rita is a comical play written by Willy Russell in 1982. The play is set in the 1970s where social issues revolving around traditional family values and the roles of men and women are starting to change. The play is based around Rita White who is dissatisfied with her life and wants to transform herself. Throughout the play Rita start to change and realise that education cannot solve everything. Rita is a twenty six year old‚ uneducated Liverpool hairdresser. She has decided to enrol on
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] Scene1‚ Willy is losing it: Willy enters‚ having been unable to continue work as he was unable to drive. Linda’s concern is evident. Apparently Willy just seems to forget where he is or what he is doing there and zoned-out’ "suddenly I’m going sixty miles an hour and I can’t remember the last five minutes. Linda cares for Willy with tender love that can only have been developed through years of marriage take and aspirin etc. While describing the journey Willy states "I opened
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transitioning into. In order to successfully adapt to the new environment they transitioning to‚ individuals are often forced to disconnect with their past values and beliefs and adopt norms conventions which they may find foreign or confronting. In Willy Russell’s two-hander play ‘Educating Rita’ Rita is a curious hairdresser who is dissatisfied with the routine of her work and social life; she seeks inner growth‚ so she signs up for an open university. This leads her into having close relationships
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