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. ... Through his pitiful and desperate lies and his failure in the pursuit of the American dream, Shelley Levene is the perfect example of a person who has been failed by the American system. ... Mamet and Miller both suggest that the American system teaches people to pursue success and despise failure. Th...

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After the war, the American Dream, an ethos which offered the chance of wealth even to those who start with nothing, began to be misinterpreted. The great misconception was a person's inability to achieve the ideals of the American Dream must mean there are flaws in their personality. ... Both playwrights delve towards "the marrow" of truth and slowly reveal how facing the truth is necessary, however painful. ... The playwrights both deal with the "decline of the west" through Truth and Illusion. ...

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Once defined as the land of opportunity, America is beginning to seem less and less promising. As time has passed the American Dream has become extremely difficult to attain. ... It is due to these skewed views that the American dream has changed from something attainable by all Americans to being an unrealistic goal. ... The story of the playwright Moss Hart, though its original intention is to show the possibilities for the citizen to become whatever he/she, wants can be misinterpreted as though it is meant to boost the importance of money. ... This, however, is just one flawed view of the ...

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Playwright Arthur Miller believes that the common man can be a center of dramatic interest, and he demonstrated this belief in Death of a Salesman, a tragedy about a very common common-man: a salesman from Brooklyn. ... His paramount obsession with the American dream, which he has not achieved, causes him to seek solace in past memories while living in the present. ... He dreams the American legend: the brother who walked into the jungle and came out of it rich. ... Miller has captured the tragedy of the American common man in Death of a Salesman. ...

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Modern playwrights argue that such depiction is nearer to life as our life is a mixture of good and bad fortunes. ... Despite Willy's failure to meet his life goals, he clings to a fierce belief in the American dream, similar to what many people in the real world do. ...

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Arthur Miller, winner of many literary and dramatic awards, is an incredibly influential force in American drama. ... Miller used the Salem Witch Trials of the 17th century, to make an indirect, but assertive comment upon McCarthyism in American life (Richard Watt, Jr. 536). ... Before being found guilty S ator McCarthy accused the Democratic administration of sheltering and helping Communists in the American government. ... Critics said it was not a good play at that time, however, later it was found to be superior. he House Un-American Activities Committee summoned Miller to a hearing. ... A...

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