In the play, " Death of a Salesman" , Arthur Miller depicts a typical dysfunctional family. ... Willy Loman is a salesman who after thirty-four years of being on the road, is slowly starting to deteriorate physically as well as mentally. Upon his being fired, Willy tries to understand why he has failed as a salesman, a father, and as a husband. ... Their lack of communication is again apparent when Willy is getting ready for bed with Linda, and he's instructing Biff on his conduct in his meeting with Bill Oliver the next day. ... Further, more convincing evidence of the lack of respect ex...

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Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman demoralizes the idea of this dream that everyone hopes to achieve. ... The play should be seen as a whole in which the life, and death of Willy Loman shows the faulty deception of this American Dream. ... Biff cannot find his true identity because of his father, but after his epiphany in Bill Oliver's office he feels the need to over come the lies surrounding his family. ... Which is completely true, Willy was never meant to be a salesman. ... Charley and his son Bernard are the only two people beside Willy's family to attend the funeral and ...

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Analysis of "Death of a Salesman" The tragedy of a family The play "Death of a Salesman" was written by Arthur Miller in 1949. ... In the case of "Death of a Salesman", Miller uses social realism, which is the attempt to describe human behavior and surroundings or to represent figures and objects exactly as they act or appear in life (Encarta 1). ... "Death of a Salesman" is the story of the Loman family, especially Willy, trying to accomplish the American dream, but with no success. ... In "Death of a Salesman" Willy is willing to sacrifice anything to accomplish his dreams of being successfu...

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The Dysfunctional Family In Arthur Miller's drama, "Death of a Salesman" the protagonist is a sixty-year-old salesperson by the name of Willy Loman. ... More evidence of the lack of respect existing in the family occurs when Willy meets Happy and Biff at the restaurant on the day of Biff's meeting with Bill Oliver. ...

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Several authors have attempted to capture the essence of the American Dream, but few have reached the status of Arthur Miller in his epic piece, Death of a Salesman. ... He's not stealing anything." (51) Additionally, when Biff naturally walked off with Bill Oliver's pen, Willy suggested that he return it and lie in attempt to get the loan. ... He considered Biff to be a salesman for Oliver, but in reality he was nothing more than a shipping clerk. He falsely believed that Bill Oliver would lend Biff money. ... He lived his life as a salesman, never realizing that he was going no whe...

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In the play, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Linda Loman's character is viewed differently by many people. ... An example of this, similar to what happened with Willy and Howard Wagner, is when Biff goes to see Bill Oliver about a job. The two of them have not seen each other in twenty years and when they did know each other Bill Oliver did not know Biff too well. Despite this, Willy thought Bill would recognize Biff and offer him a job on the spot. ... Linda is probably the most enigmatic and complex character in Death of a Salesman, or even in all of Miller's work. ...

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In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, the tragedy of a common man, Willy Loman, is displayed. Willy Loman is a traveling salesman who is struggling to live the American Dream. ... This plan depends upon a loan from Bill Oliver, under whom Biff had been a lowly shipping clerk many years ago. When Biff quits working for Oliver, Oliver offers Biff help if he needs it. Willy has gilded over this cordiality to make Oliver's offer seem more than it actually was. ...

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