"Death of a Salesman may center on personal and family breakdown but it also involves contradictions in national American ideals." ... On the surface, Arthur Miller's groundbreaking play, Death of a Salesman, does seem firmly rooted in the "familial arena". ... This impression of the leading character is strengthened by the first appearance of his dead brother, Ben. ... He converses with both men in the same way, making no distinction between his long dead brother and his very real friend. ... The ideal of the American family also questioned by Miller, not just in Death of a Salesman but ...

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• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 877
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate