He plans to become a salesman like his father. Throughout the play Biff reliezes that he is not made to be a salesman and that he should work using his hands on the farm. ... Willie used to make money when he was younger and had it together, now he relizes that he has no money, he is not making any money, and that he is worth more dead than alive. ... Ben's fortune discovering diamonds symbolizes Willy's failure as a salesman. ... The title not only symbolizes Willy's death but him losing his mind and almost being dead before he was really dead. ...

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He grew up in Brooklyn, New York City, which just happens to be the setting for Death of a Salesman. ... Death of a Salesman was Miller's "most critically celebrated play" (Leone 14). ... Death of a Salesman is about a salesman named Willy Loman who is in his 60's. ... He imagines his dead brother Ben a lot. ... In the basement of the house, Willy has rigged up a rubber hose into the gas line, so that all he has to do is turn a valve and breathe and he is dead. ...

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Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, is a tragedy that analyzes the relationships of a family in search of the "American Dream."" The plays plot specifically focuses on the relationships between the protagonist, Willy Loman, a salesman, and his sons, Biff and Happy. ... In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller invisible walls can be the cause of difficult parent/child relationships. ... He states to Ben, his dead brother, " That's just the way I'm bringing them up, Ben "rugged, well-liked, all around."" ... Death of a Salesman is the supposed "American- tragedy. ...

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In Arthur Miller's play, Death of a Salesman, the Loman family is incapable of facing reality. ... Willy, an old, traveling salesman, is nostalgic for the past. ... Willy does not realize that he is aging and that he is not as good of a salesman as he used to be. ... Willy says, "After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead then alive" (98). ...

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Willy as Tragic Hero in Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman is the story of Willy Loman, a middle-class salesman who, in the course of a single day, comes to realise that the American Dream, which he has pursued for 40 years, has failed him. ... He always thought that a good salesman should be impressive. he is obsessed with impressions. ... In Death of a Salesman, Miller is not so much calling into question the pursuit of the American Dream, but the dream itself. ... He always harps on the glorious past as a popular, impressive and successful salesman. ... Through the imagina...

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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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"Death of a Salesman," is a play written in the mid-1900s by Arthur Miller. ... The discussion of getting a good job leads to Willy talking to his dead brother, Ben, who he has always looked up to because he was successful and someone Willy always wanted to be. ... Throughout his novel "Death of a Salesman," Miller uses literary devices to convey the relationships between Willy and the members of his family. ...

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Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman demoralizes the idea of this dream that everyone hopes to achieve. ... Devoting his life to be salesman on the belief of the honor of such a career, having too much pride to admit that his own destiny was in a simple career like a carpenter. ... Linda Loman cannot believe her husband is dead. ... Which is completely true, Willy was never meant to be a salesman. ...

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In "The Death of a Salesman-, by Arthur Miller and "A Doll's House-, by Henrik Ibsen both portray two people who realized their independence when they were at the end of their rope. ... Death of a Salesman is a moving destruction of the whole myth. ... Willie Loman, in "Death of a Salesman-, has lived his life in pursuit of the American dream. ... Eventually, he gets tired of her nagging him about a situation that's dead, he sends off a letter stating Krogstad dismissal. ... In "Death of a Salesman- the play ends with Willy killing himself in order for his sons to become successf...

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"Death of a Salesman" illustrates what most people are up against. ... He is unfaithful to his wife and an unsuccessful salesman. ... In Act Two, Charley pleads with Willy, "Willy, nobody's worth nothin" dead". Oddly Willy is worth more dead than alive. ... He died "The Death of a Salesman"....

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This scenario is not present in Death of a Salesman since the nature of Willy's pitiful downfall does not evoke human greatness or potential. Death of a Salesman clearly does not adhere to classic requirements yet it does have some elements that point towards the classic tragedy. ... Willy wants to become everything Ben is, rich and confident, but Ben is also dead. Willy's father went off to Alaska to find wealth but also ended up dead. ... Alternatively, the story of David Singleman acts as an oracle in the way that it foreshadows Willy's death, "- and by the way he died the...

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Arthur Miller's "Death Of A Salesman" is a story of a common man whose misaligned ideas of success ultimately lead to his demise .Having no central figure as a role model, Willy Loman (the salesman) is torn between accepting his own failure, relying on his own son's success, redeeming himself to his son, or listening to his deluded conversations with his deceased brother Ben. Although Ben is dead, his pseudo presence ultimately leads to Willy's tragic suicide. ... His boss and a fellow salesman were his mentors. ...

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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. ... Death of a Salesman could also have been named "Death of the American Dream" because it shows how Willy's dream come 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. ... Willy believed that"after all the highways, and train...

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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. ... Because of insurance money, Willy thinks that he will be worth more dead than alive. ...

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• Grade Level: High School