Miller and Mamet's Failure of the American Dream Arthur Miller and David Mamet are playwrights who are familiar with the struggle to achieve the American Dream. In "Death of a Salesman", Arthur Miller used the salesman Willy Loman as a symbol for the failure of the American dream. David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" is like a modern version of "Death of a Salesman." ... "Death of a Salesman" and "Glengarry Glen Ross" are plays that brilliantly illustrate the struggle and the failure of the American dream. ... They also suggest that the pursuit of the American dream to get rich...

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Willy's Useless Advice About Success Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is a play that illustrates a family that lives in a dream world but ultimately comes into reality. Like many people of this country, as well as others, the Lomans strive to live out the American dream. ... Willy Loman, husband and the father of two sons, is a sixty-year-old, insecure traveling salesman. With all of his heart, Loman believes in the American dream of effortless success, fame, and fortune. ... The American dream is not conquered without work, but Loman does not ever accept this fact. ...

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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. ... These are all falsity of his dreams. ... In Death of a Salesman, Miller is not so much calling into question the pursuit of the American Dream, but the dream itself. ... Through a series of flashbacks in the play, where we witness Willy's persistent efforts to make the American Dream a reality for himself and his family, Miller la...

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In the Death of a Salesman, the main character Willy Loman struggles to be superior to society but tragically fails because of his arrogance and stubbornness. ... His whole life revolves around attaining the "American Dream" which he believes would make him successful and affluent. ... He was never able to attain wealth and success, the "American Dream." ...

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Death of a Salesman is a moving destruction of the whole myth. To be hard working, honest and have ambition were the ways of the American Dream. ... Willie Loman, in "Death of a Salesman-, has lived his life in pursuit of the American dream. ... Ironically they both were trapped in the American Dream. ... By committing suicide Willy help his family obtain the American Dream. ...

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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). The main themes of this play are the idea of the American dream and what it takes to success, the struggle to distinguish between reality and illusion, and the emotional problems of the family. "Death of a Salesman" is the story of the Loman family, e...

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The Ultimate Sale The characters of Death of a Salesman are easy to identify with because they represent a pretty typical dysfunctional American family. ... As Willy finds himself less and less capable, he still dreams of making it big and has visions of Uncle Ben who gives him advice on how to get rich, but never the kind of advice Willy wants to hear. ... The money from his death, however, will heal no wounds, or right any wrongs. ...

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