The main characters include Willy Loman, his wife Linda Loman, and his sons Biff and Happy Loman. Many of the scenes occur in the Loman house, yard, and various places Willy Loman visits in the New York and Boston area. ... Willy Loman's was unable to see the permanent damage his pride caused not only himself but his family and others. ... Overall, Willy Loman chose to ignore the truth in an attempt to maintain his pride. ... Willy Loman's main mistake in life was caring to much what other people thought of him. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Miller criticizes the American Dream and its value system by presenting the false image of reality that Willy Loman creates in his household. ... Willy Loman, like Berenger, learns to be content with the world around him by creating an illusion for himself with which he can cope. Miller allows Loman to exist in a disturbed version of the American Dream. ... Miller writes in a realist fashion about a very distracted individual, Willy Loman. ... Dreamers, like Berenger and Loman, are those who choose to view only its idealistic parts. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Willy Loman demonstrates such a notion. ... His family was all Willy thought about. ... Willy always thought Biff had such great potential and when he made nothing of himself, it was all Willy could think about. ... Willy also suffered greatly with his job. ... Willy gave his life for his dignity. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Corruption In the play, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Linda Loman's character is portrayed two different ways. ... This causes Willy to build himself up into a great man. ... While us, the reader know how unlikely it is that Willy will get what he wants, Willy does not realize this and Linda, supports W! ... That doesn't have anything to do with Linda but she never challenged what Willy taught them, she just agreed with everything that Willy said. Linda is able to change Willy and his ideas by making them seem greater than they actually are by giving Willy her full su...

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• Grade Level: High School

Willy's other son Biff starts out to be like him, but changes his ways in order to avoid being like Willy. ... Willy Loman's main goal in life is for he and his sons to be lucrative businessmen, but this dream is difficult to achieve when Willy does not live life realistically. ... If Willy could understand that he and his sons are not profitable businessmen and face reality, then there is a chance that Willy could achieve his dreams. ... Willy and Happy both live in a dream world, but Willy is content and Happy has a destructive and immoral side to him. ... In Biff's youth he ...

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• Grade Level: High School

As the novel progresses, Miller overwhelms us with the boldfaced lie that is the Loman way of life, largely through Willy's inability to accept that he is a "Dime a dozen-. ... He begins the process by drenching us in the Loman ideals, and in the desire to be well liked, and to live the ever-clichéd "American dream-. Willy clings to the idea that if you are "well-liked- in the world, you can accomplish anything. Miller repeatedly shows us how Willy continuously embraces his foolish outlook on the way the world works. ... Miller reveals to us how the Loman family as a whole is i...

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