The most indulgent of this lifestyle is the main character Willy Loman. ... Willy grades his life on the success he has as a salesman. ... When Biff finally realizes that he has "stolen his way out of every job he ever had-(Case Study of Death of a Salesman) he meets with his brother and father at a restaurant to tell them he will no longer be bringing home any prizes. ... In the title, the illusion that Biff is going to become a salesman like his father, we can interpret this as not the death of Willy but the death of the dream that Biff is not going to follow in hi...

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Death of a Salesman is widely regarded by many as one of the masterpiece play of 20th century. ... Given the complex and compelling traits of the male characters in Death of a Salesman, it is surprising that Miller chose to give so little attention to the female characters. ... "marginalization of women"(Smith, Susan H.) permeates throughout the Death of a Salesman. ... Miller's "marginalization of women" (Smith, Susan H.) in the Death of a Salesman becomes more prevalent when we see the general attitude male characters have towards women. ... In many respects, I am torn between compelli...

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Death of a Salesman: Failure of the American Dream In 1949 Arthur Miller wrote the play, Death of a Salesman. ... In Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller forces the reader to deal with the failure of the "American Dream" and the effect it had on the Loman family, how it ruins the life of Willy, and destroys Biff's life as well. By focusing on serious problems that the reader can relate to, Arthur Miller connects us with the characters facing these life-altering crisis. This essay will examine how Arthur Miller uses Characters, to further develop the Failure of the American Dream in his p...

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Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is a tragedy whose theme is the tarnishing of the American Dream. ... Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman breaks the mold of formulaic tragedies of previous eras. ... Death of a Salesman entirely reflects this general opinion of Miller. ... Realism is extremely prevalent in the play Death of a Salesman. ... Family problems were not exempt from the characters in Death of a Salesman. ...

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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. ... In a "Death of A Salesman," Another quote Willy used when he realized he was a failure is "After all highways, and the trains, and the appointments, you end up worth more dead then alive" (Miller Pg 1924). .....

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In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller this lens is supported in the American Dream. ... Characterization is used effectively in revealing what type of character Willy Loman was. ... Miller chose the job of salesman carefully for his American Dreamer. ... Additionally, a salesman must sell his/her personality as much as his/her product. ... The lens, "Literature opens a dark window on the soul, revealing more about what is bad in human nature than what is good" is supported in the novel Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. ...

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Comparison of the Characters in Machinal and Death of a Salesman In comparing the characters in Machinal and Death of a Salesman, the main attribute that appears outstanding is that both seem to be searching for happiness. Helen in Machinal, an ordinary woman seeking happiness and the all American dream of love, happiness and wealth, and Willy in Death of a Salesman, an insecure, self-deluded traveling salesman are characterized by their actions and thoughts through life to be lost souls in search of the American Dream. ... Helen and Willy, in Death of a Salesman are very much alike...

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Reviews of Death of a Salesman Great pieces of literature have been written throughout the ages. ... Elyse Sommer did one review of the play "Death of a Salesman". ... "Movie Review: Death of a Salesman." ... "Review: 'Death of a Salesman'." ... "A Curtain Up Second Thoughts Feature: Death of a Salesman." ...

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Themes and Morals of "Death of a Salesman" Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" captures the motions of life through the eyes of those who have lost their identity and sense of reality. ... The "American Dream", a universal and common theme among American literature, is very evident in "Death of a Salesman. ... "Death of a Salesman" offers many valuable morals as a result of its themes. ... "Death of a Salesman" presents and elaborates upon two extremely important morals that readers shall value. Although the characters in "Death of a Salesman" have good intentions, they falter....

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Perhaps one of the greatest dramas written throughout the ages is "Death of a Salesman" written by Arthur Miller. ... Elyse Sommer did one review of the play "Death of a Salesman". ... A third review of the play "Death of a Salesman" was conducted by an anonymous author on the actual playwright. ... ""Death of a Salesman" is rightly regarded as among the best modern plays, and Miller's rightful place in history is assured" ("Review-). ... "Death of a Salesman" is one of these great pieces of literature that will go down in history as being one of the greatest dramas ever written. ...

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I recently saw a performance of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Millar at the Lyceum Theatre. ... The main character Willy Lomand cannot distinguish between reality and illusion. ... It has been claimed that Death of a Salesman is a "play for the American individual who had built his house, made his machines and enriched himself with every comfort, but still found himself more nervous than proud, more lonely than certain." ... 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...

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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. ... (Drama for students) "Death of a Salesman could also have been named "Death of the American dream because it shows how Willy's dream came shattering in on him and eventually died. Whether reading or watching "Death of a Salesman", the audience can relate to the tragic hero, Willy Loman. ... "Death o...

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Death of a Salesman "If the exaltation of tragic action were truly a property of the high-bred character alone, it is inconceivable that the mass of mankind should cherish tragedy above all other forms" (Dwyer). ... Miller redefines tragedy as more common occurrence than what might happen in such tragedies as portrayed by Shakespeare and Euripides, thus defining Death of a Salesman as a tragedy. ... His stubborn refusal of character change along with his fear of being denied his identity by the world and his attempts to believe that existence can be justly evaluated brings upon him the deat...

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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. ... By the use of symbolism, Arthur Miller portrays Willy's (along with the other Lomans) problems with family life, the society, and himself in "Death of a Salesman." ... "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 "De...

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The plays "Glengarry Glen Ross" by David Mamet and "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller have many similarities. Mamet seems to have originated his story based on Willy Loman, the main character of Miller's play "Death of a Salesman". ... In both plays the main character is a salesman who has a professional and a personal life and neither one of them is going well. ... And here is were David Mamet goes beyond "Death of a salesman", he has a different and even more dramatic ending, an ending that leave the reader or the viewer wondering what is going to happen. In "Death of a salesman"...

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Werner-King Death of a Salesman - Act 1 Second Look In the first act of the play Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, the concepts of irony and contradiction are presented very well. ... Willy Loman is the central character in the play. Being a salesman, he has to travel frequently for his work. ... A proof for this statement would be the fact that as you read Death of a Salesman, you seem to increasingly feel bad for Linda Loman. ... This is the first act of Death of a Salesman, written by Arthur Miller. ...

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The American Dream in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller is one of the leading American playwrights of the twentieth century. ... Miller, much like Biff in his play Death of a Salesman, was not a scholar, and sports captured his attention more than academics. ... However, Miller believes that people have been misguided and Miller's play, Death of a Salesman, is an example of this. ... Realism is prevalent in the play Death of a Salesman. ... (Parker 1966) The basis for the dramatic conflict in Death of a Salesman lies in Arthur Miller's conflicted relations...

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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. ... In 1949, shortly after the play's premiere, Miller wrote a controversial essay about how Death of a Salesman was a true tragedy, only with common people rather than kings. ... As the play progresses, one begins to feel sorry for Willy and his predicament, but also angry and frustrated with the character for his foolish pride. ... His foolish pride, bad...

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In the play, Death of a Salesman, the character Willy Loman portrays the role of a traveling salesman who feels insecure about his persona. ... In Death of a Salesman, the theme of the "American Dream" is to have the ideal family, be successful, and well-liked. ... He isn't your average manager or Vice President of a Company, he is your average traveling salesman. ...

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Arthur Miller's play, Death of a Salesman examines the impact of American values and morals as to what constitutes "success" upon individual lives. ... He plans to become a salesman like his father. ... Ben's fortune discovering diamonds symbolizes Willy's failure as a salesman. ... In Death of a Salesman we encounter a family that has many problems and is led by a father who wants life to be perfect for him and his family, but Willy does not realize that no one has a perfect life. ... Willy Loman's technique of living out the American Dream in Arthur Miller's play De...

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Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller shows the life of a salesman as he attempts to fulfill the "American Dream". Willy, the salesman and father is the main character of the story. ... There are many minor characters that have a big impact on the storyline and plot of the play. Just the same, each of these minor characters changes the way that Willy focuses his parenting technique. ... His character is a result of Willy's lies he is undisciplined and disillusioned. ...

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"Death of a Salesman" is a play that occurs over a 36-hour period. ... The characters Happy and Biff are foils to the character Biff. ... Neither of the characters is like Biff. ... The name Happy is given because he is a character that does not care about anything and is always happy. ... The title of the play, "The Death of a Salesman," means that there was a salesman who tried so hard to be a successful father and businessman that it killed him. ...

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Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman Essay In life, there are many lessons and trials one must endure, learn from, and then overcome. ... In Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman portrays this very man; one who is lost in his own world, without a clue about life or himself. ... Yet, knowing Happy's character in the past, this again is not a very realistic idea. ... Linda has a different reaction to Willy's death. ... Willy's character is not a good role model. ...

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In "Death of a Salesman," Arthur Miller masterfully illustrates the mindset of the play's disillusioned, turbulent characters. Although Willy Loman, a mediocre salesman for the Wagner company, is the salesman of the title it is his son, Biff, who provides the conflict which drives the play forward. ... Biff was not a salesman. ... The death spoken of in the title of the play was not physical. Rather, it was the metaphorical death of the big, bright dreams that Willy had for Biff. ...

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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. ... Furthermore, he grew-up in a "nuclear family", which explains why the plot in Death of a Salesman revolves around the same type of family (DA 15). ... His surroundings and family situations provided him with the knowledge necessary to write the drama, Death of a Salesman. ... Throughout the play the main character, Willy, a sa...

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