Willy grades his life on the success he has as a salesman. ... The reality is that Willy is not well-liked and not successful but he still tells himself every week that he'll "knock em dead next week-. ... Willy lives in a life of memories of when he talks to his dead brother Ben who was rich and successful in the diamond industry. ... (Bedford p.1837) Willy is pretty much dead when the play starts. ... This is what makes Death Of A Salesman so great....

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Imagine it's your tenth wedding anniversary and you're trying to leave to meet your wife for dinner, and she's told you that if you miss this one you're dead. ... The hours the average car salesman puts in are ridiculous. ... A salesman's hours are bad enough but if you're in management you might as well kiss your family goodbye. ... You can add car salesman to that list. ...

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He plans to become a salesman like his father. Throughout the play Biff reliezes that he is not made to be a salesman and that he should work using his hands on the farm. ... Willie used to make money when he was younger and had it together, now he relizes that he has no money, he is not making any money, and that he is worth more dead than alive. ... Ben's fortune discovering diamonds symbolizes Willy's failure as a salesman. ... The title not only symbolizes Willy's death but him losing his mind and almost being dead before he was really dead. ...

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I recently saw a performance of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Millar at the Lyceum Theatre. ... In the end his belief is "you are worth more dead than alive". Charlie tells him "A man isn't worth anything dead". ... In my opinion this is what Death of a Salesman achieves. Death of a Salesman is a sad story about Will Lomand (very much a story of his mind and was originally called " the inside of his head".) not accepting himself for what he is. ...

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He grew up in Brooklyn, New York City, which just happens to be the setting for Death of a Salesman. ... Death of a Salesman was Miller's "most critically celebrated play" (Leone 14). ... Death of a Salesman is about a salesman named Willy Loman who is in his 60's. ... He imagines his dead brother Ben a lot. ... In the basement of the house, Willy has rigged up a rubber hose into the gas line, so that all he has to do is turn a valve and breathe and he is dead. ...

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In the stories "Death of A Salesman," and "A Doll's House," there are many similarities. ... The characters I picked were Willy Loman from "Death of A Salesman," and Torvald Helmer of "A Doll's House." ... The story "Death of A Salesman," comes with the symbolic meaning of the death of an "American Dream," or the ridding of illusion as it applies to the American Dream. ... Willy Loman a salesman and a firm believer in the "American Dream," had the notion that any man can rise from humble beginnings to greatness. ... In a "Death of A Salesman," Another quote Willy used when he r...

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He is constantly haunted by memories of his dead brother Ben who struck it rich the jungle. ... He is a salesman and refuses to be anything else. ... He saw the life of a salesman and refused to do anything else. ... "Did Arthur Miller provide us with this essay as a response or defense of Death of a Salesman? ... Whatever the case it is clear that Death of a Salesman fits the model set forth by Miller in 'Tragedy and the Common Man'" (Dwyer)....

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DEATH OF THE AMERICAN DREAM "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller is a tragedy, which comments on American life and values. ... "Death of a Salesman" has earned Miller a number of awards, such as the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. ... Whether reading or watching "Death of a Salesman", the audience can relate to the tragic hero, Willy Loman. ... Willy believed that "after all the highways, and trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive" (Miller 1498). ... "Death of a Salesman". ...

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Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, is a tragedy that analyzes the relationships of a family in search of the "American Dream."" The plays plot specifically focuses on the relationships between the protagonist, Willy Loman, a salesman, and his sons, Biff and Happy. ... In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller invisible walls can be the cause of difficult parent/child relationships. ... He states to Ben, his dead brother, " That's just the way I'm bringing them up, Ben "rugged, well-liked, all around."" ... Death of a Salesman is the supposed "American- tragedy. ...

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Although he understands the whole profession of being a salesman (where they use you up and spit you out), he fails to realize his personal failure and betrayal of his soul and family through the constructed deception of his life. ... You see, a salesman does not make his or her own product, has not mastered a particular skill or a body of knowledge, and works on the empty substance of dreams and promises. Additionally, a salesman must sell his or her personality as much as his or her product. ... When he was talking to Charley he realizes that "after all the highways, and the tr...

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In Arthur Miller's play, Death of a Salesman, the Loman family is incapable of facing reality. ... Willy, an old, traveling salesman, is nostalgic for the past. ... Willy does not realize that he is aging and that he is not as good of a salesman as he used to be. ... Willy says, "After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead then alive" (98). ...

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Willy Loman, the main character in Death of a Salesman is a complex and fascinating tragic character. ... The boys grew up to believe in all that their father had told them, and Happy went on to follow in his footsteps as a salesman. ... Another example is the way in which Willy led Biff to believe that he has a salesman for Oliver, which in the end left Biff bitterly disappointed. ... After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive. " This statement is a sad reflection on the state of mind that Willy is in due the unfortun...

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Death of a Salesman Authur Miller, born in New York City writes the play. ... Willy Loman has been a traveling salesman for Wagner Company for thirty-four years. ... But this is only in Willy's illusions because he has not seen his brother for many years, and Ben has actually been dead for nine month. ... When he died buyer and salesman from all over the country came to his funeral. ... The stories they were told made them picture their father as a popular, successful, well-known salesman. ...

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Debbie Salyers ASEN 102 19 November 2001 "Death of a Salesman" Arthur Miller is recognized as an important and influential playwright, not to mention essayist and novelist. ... "Death of a Salesman" is a play relating to the events leading to the downfall of Willy Loman, an aging salesman who is at one time prosperous, but is now approaching the end of his usefulness (Brucher 305). ... To begin with, the setting of "Death of a Salesman" is a symbol that is society-related. ... Another significant character is Ben, Willy's dead brother, who he often talks to in his illusions. ... Lastl...

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Willy as Tragic Hero in Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman is the story of Willy Loman, a middle-class salesman who, in the course of a single day, comes to realise that the American Dream, which he has pursued for 40 years, has failed him. ... He always thought that a good salesman should be impressive. he is obsessed with impressions. ... In Death of a Salesman, Miller is not so much calling into question the pursuit of the American Dream, but the dream itself. ... He always harps on the glorious past as a popular, impressive and successful salesman. ... Through the imagina...

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Arthur Miller in his play titled the Death of a Salesman set forth the notion that maybe a tragedy can happen to any regular Joe, that maybe someone not of high birth can have a tragic story. ... Willie Loman is a salesman who is really down on his luck. ... Eventually he was pushed beyond all return and committed suicide, yet, Othello is not viewed as a coward, but is viewed as a hero and by killing himself next to his dead wife, he is seen as being romantic. ...

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Death of a Salesman, The Inside LookThe film Death of A Salesman is directed by Volker Schlondorff, 1986.Death of a Salesman can be perceived as a drama of the common man being defeated by society. ... I will use these three codes to divulge deeper into what you get from the film experience of Death of a Salesman. I see the story below the surface of Death of a Salesman, as the ongoing struggle to conquer the American dream, fame, fortune and family. ... Willy"s brother Ben as usual was lighted from the back creating a kind of silhouette of his body, which is normally used for the supernatura...

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Success and Failure in Death of a Salesman Throughout history society's interpretations of success and failure remain fundamentally sound. ... Many of Miller's life experiences are relative to the situations he presents in the drama, Death of a Salesman. ... In asking his boss, Howard, for a job closer to home, Willy tells the story of his decision to become a salesman. Willy credits his employment choice to Singleman and goes on to explain how Dave is a skillful salesman (Miller 81). ... Willy is unable to meet the mounting monetary demands of his life, because he is unsuccessf...

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Death of a Salesman, the 1949 play by Arthur Miller, develops the ideas of conformity, popularity and materialism through repeating and contrasting elements. ... "Oh I'll knock 'em dead next week. ... During the 1940's when Miller wrote Death of a Salesman these values were very prominent during this time. ... Something that Miller portrayed very well through Death of a Salesman was the fact that acceptance is more important in life compared to popularity. ... Death of a Salesman conveys Millers intricate ideas of conformity, popularity and materialism. ...

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"Death of a Salesman may center on personal and family breakdown but it also involves contradictions in national American ideals." ... On the surface, Arthur Miller's groundbreaking play, Death of a Salesman, does seem firmly rooted in the "familial arena". ... This impression of the leading character is strengthened by the first appearance of his dead brother, Ben. ... He converses with both men in the same way, making no distinction between his long dead brother and his very real friend. ... The ideal of the American family also questioned by Miller, not just in Death of a Salesman but ...

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Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" challenges the idea of the American Dream. Willy Loman represents a uniquely typical American figure as the traveling salesman, who realizes the disenchantment with the American Dream because it fails him and his sons. The death of this particular salesman raises the issues concerning the significance and value of the American dream of success. ... Additionally, the dialogue of the play includes a lot of American slang: gee, Pop, babe, flunk and knock "em dead, and the dialect of "coulda", "woulda", and "gotta" are also typically American. ...

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Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" challenges the idea of the American Dream. Willy Loman represents a uniquely typical American figure as the traveling salesman, who realizes the disenchantment with the American Dream because it fails him and his sons. The death of this particular salesman raises the issues concerning the significance and value of the American dream of success. ... Additionally, the dialogue of the play includes a lot of American slang: gee, Pop, babe, flunk and knock "em dead, and the dialect of "coulda", "woulda", and "gotta" are also typically American. ...

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Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman, is about Willy Loman who is experiencing a crisis where he is overwhelmed by the problems of his lifetime. ... Willy has a slight inferiority complex, and this is shown through the continuous flashbacks he has of his dead brother Ben who struck it rich in the jungle. ... He doesn't want to allow himself to disappear into the sea of other people in the world, because he believes he is someone, not just "a dime a dozen", he is "Willy Loman", top salesman, husband, and father (Miller 1362). ... He could have changed early on, he didn't ...

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An outstanding example of this is presented in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, which subtly points out many flaws with the American Dream. ... This misinterpretation of the Dream is represented well in Death of a Salesman, especially by the delusional aging salesman, Willy, who seems hell-bent upon monetary success; in Willy's mind success and money correlate directly to one another and money is the only barometer of success. ... Ironically, he uses himself as an example despite being a struggling businessman, stating that he will "knock 'em dead next week. ... Willy&...

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"Death of a Salesman," is a play written in the mid-1900s by Arthur Miller. ... The discussion of getting a good job leads to Willy talking to his dead brother, Ben, who he has always looked up to because he was successful and someone Willy always wanted to be. ... Throughout his novel "Death of a Salesman," Miller uses literary devices to convey the relationships between Willy and the members of his family. ...

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