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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• Grade Level: High School

Technical codes such as melodious and child-like music with a soft reassuring voice and dialogue of the Re-Pet salesman ensures an optimistic view upon animal cloning. ... This relates to an almost unanimous social opinion of dead criminals staying dead. The idea of a dead murderer resurrected back from the dead by cloning is an example of a dire disadvantage of immortality. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate