In the play it says Ben went looking for their father in Alaska but made it to Africa and in the jungle he stumbled into some diamond mines. ... Both Ben and Willy use the jungle as a metaphor for life and diamonds as success. ... You must go into the jungle and fetch a diamond out. (2:5) or near the end when Willy mentions that the woods are burning but he can't drive. ...
He went out into the real world (the jungle) and conquered it. ... During his conversations with Willy, Ben always refers to "going into the jungle when he was seventeen", and at the age of twenty-one, he "came out rich" Ben's sense of enterprise was also evident in his reference to always on the move. ...
Willy is enthralled with the fact that Ben's success was achieved while on a quest for their father in Alaska until he mistakenly ended up in the jungles of Africa at the age of seventeen and walked out twenty-one years old, rich. ... Finally, Ben reveals to him that the jungle is dark and full of diamonds and Willy must find his own diamond, also warning him that it will not be an easy task but the reward will be priceless. ...
Arthur Miller wrote a brilliant play about one man's quest for fame and fortune that led to his demise. In Death of a Salesman Willy Loman suffers from not being able to tell what is real, and what is just happening in his mind. He never gives his family a chance to explain and always makes fals...
In Greek theatre, the famous playwright, Aristotle defines tragedy to be reserved for an individual of noble stature. One would then be seen as a tragic hero. This person has a tragic flaw, which could lead to his or her eventual downfall. However, in modern theatre, playwrights such as Arthur Mille...
There is no doubt that an individual's drive for success can either make or break that individual. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is an excellent example of how one's will to achieve can affect themselves as well as those around them. Willy Loman's drive for success affects his family, his f...
At the end of the play Ben talks Willy into entering the jungle to find his diamonds, which really means to kill himself so the family can collect the insurance money and Willy can have something to leave his family so it seems that he achieved something in his life. ...
DEATH OF THE AMERICAN DREAM "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller is a tragedy, which comments on American life and values. It has become one of the most performed plays in theatrical history. "Death of a Salesman" has earned Miller a number of awards, such as the Pulitzer Prize and the New Yor...
America is a rich successful, prosperous country. And has many wealthy and powerful international role models. American people, much like people in any other country, strive to achieve their dreams. Many base their key dreams around the 'The American Dream'. The American Dream is the belief that if ...
Death of A Salesman America is a rich successful, prosperous country. And has many wealthy and powerful international role models. American people, much like people in any other country, strive to achieve their dreams. Many base their key dreams around the 'The American Dream'. The American Dream i...
Miller uses Ben's reference to the "jungle" as the setting to show how Ben's ruthless success carries uneasy connotations of a place where only the fittest will survive and in which weaker members like Willy will be devoured by the capitalist system. ...
