Themes and Morals of "Death of a Salesman" Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" captures the motions of life through the eyes of those who have lost their identity and sense of reality. ... The "American Dream", a universal and common theme among American literature, is very evident in "Death of a Salesman. ... The American dream also relates to Biff Loman. ... "Death of a Salesman" offers many valuable morals as a result of its themes. ... Although the characters in "Death of a Salesman" have good intentions, they falter. ...

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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. ... Happy and Biff are pathological liars, but, by the end of the story, Biff reveals the truth about their unproductive lives. ... When Biff decides to attend an interview with Mr. ... Willy Loman commits suicide and leaves a twenty thousand inheritance so Biff could live out Willy's dream. ...

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("Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller 1949 Drama") The "American Dream" is "the belief that through the pioneer virtues of hard work, perseverance, ingenuity, and fortitude, one might find happiness through wealth" ("Death of a Salesman"). ... The concept of the American Dream shown in the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is believed by Harold Clurman to be divided into two meanings; the historical dream and the business success dream. ... He devoted his life into a career as a salesman knowing that he was good with his hands, but he possessed to...

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In the play ˜Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller, the playwright focuses on the theme of failure in a success oriented society. ... ˜Death of a Salesman' uses many symbols to help develop the play. ... Diamonds symbolize Willy's failure as a salesman. ... In conclusion, the symbols used in ˜The Death of a Salesman,' help develop the context of the play. ... This play made a lot of people question the greatness of the American Dream....

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You see, a salesman does not make his or her own product, has not mastered a particular skill or a body of knowledge, and works on the empty substance of dreams and promises. Additionally, a salesman must sell his or her personality as much as his or her product. ... Willy believes that his son Biff could of been a great businessman who could of achieved the American dream. ... In the climax of this play, Biff tried to make Willy realize that they both have failed at the American dream, and that they both don't have real skills and leadership ability to succeed. Willy refuses ...

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Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman demoralizes the idea of this dream that everyone hopes to achieve. ... The play should be seen as a whole in which the life, and death of Willy Loman shows the faulty deception of this American Dream. ... Also stating that he had all the wrong dreams. Which is completely true, Willy was never meant to be a salesman. ... Charley and his son Bernard are the only two people beside Willy's family to attend the funeral and take any care into Willy's death. ...

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The major theme in Death of a Salesman was the pursuit of this dream. ... Arthur Miller's depiction of the American Dream in Death of a Salesman was written in postwar America. ... In the play, Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman is a perfect example of someone who is trying to pursue this dream. The word "death- in the title not only refers to Willy's actual death but should also make a reference to "death- of the dream. ... Willy has a wife and two kids, Biff and Happy. ...

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An outstanding example of this is presented in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, which subtly points out many flaws with the American Dream. ... This misinterpretation of the Dream is represented well in Death of a Salesman, especially by the delusional aging salesman, Willy, who seems hell-bent upon monetary success; in Willy's mind success and money correlate directly to one another and money is the only barometer of success. ... Biff realizes the flaw in his upbringing and that the dreams his head were filled with are not likely to manifest as they are probably unrealistic. ......

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Death of a Salesman Dreams are essential for living. ... In Arthur Millers" Death of a Salesman, the Lowman family gives new meaning to the concept of dreams, desires and escape from reality. Willy, Biff and Hap allow their dreams to take over their world and bend their perception of reality, success and the American dream. ... Biff realizes that his father's hopes and dreams were ruining him and their family. ... "Biff: He walked away. ...

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Dreams in Death of a Salesman Within the tragic play, Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman destroys himself trying to achieve a dream. ... Willy's true dream, however, was very different from this. ... Society has dictated to Willy that the American Dream is "the" dream, and no other dream is acceptable. ... He begin to understand that his true dream, of living in the country, is identical to that of his beloved son, Biff. Biff has never been able to follow his dream because of his father pushing him into the false dream of being a businessman. ...

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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. ... Despite this failure, Willy makes the most extreme sacrifice in his attempt to leave an inheritance that will allow Biff to fulfil the American Dream. ... As Biff con...

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Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller believes that a common man can think, aspire, suffer: and that a common man can give his life for "his sense of human dignity." ... His main thought is of the American Dream. ... This was his American Dream. ... He had always had big dreams for his sons, especially Biff. ... Willy had always dreamed about what a great success his son Biff could be and when he did not make anything of himself, it was Willy who suffered the most. ...

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In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller this lens is supported in the American Dream. Willy Loman is a traveling salesman who believes the American Dream, that anyone can become rich and well known through only hard work, perseverance, or personality. ... He does this because he believes it will help his son Biff out. ... A salesman does not make his/her own product, has not mastered a particular skill or a body of knowledge, and works on the empty substance of dreams and promises. ... The lens, "Literature opens a dark window on the soul, revealing more about what is bad in human n...

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"Death of a Salesman" The play death of a salesman can be easily explained as a literary way of detailing the psychological deterioration of the classic middle class working American man. ... Willie's main purpose in the play is to fulfill the American Dream. ... The saga begins with Biff revealing that he has failed math and that he must pass it in summer school to be eligible to go to his long time dream school of the University of Virginia. ... Willie viewed Biff to be all that Willie was not, and saw him as the one who would succeed the most to achieve Willie's life long dre...

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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. ... As a father, Willy urges his sons, Biff and Happy, to follow the morals he lives by. ... 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 a...

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Biff originally believed in the American dream until he went to Boston and witnessed Willy's affair. This discovery crushed Biff and he realized that his father was a phony. ... Biff rejects the American dream and only cares that he enjoys his work. Willy believes in the American dream so much that when he discovers Biff's own beliefs, his personal failures become more apparent. ... It is possible that if he had realized that he was a failure as a salesman, he may have taken the job with Charles. ...

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Biff originally believed in the American dream until he went to Boston and witnessed Willy's affair. This discovery crushed Biff and he realized that his father was a phony. ... Biff rejects the American dream and only cares that he enjoys his work. Willy believes in the American dream so much that when he discovers Biff's own beliefs, his personal failures become more apparent. ... It is possible that if he had realized that he was a failure as a salesman, he may have taken the job with Charles. ...

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I recently saw a performance of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Millar at the Lyceum Theatre. ... Death of a sales man is a play about America and its" Dream; It is about the little guy with big ideas. ... Biff (his eldest son) on the other hand can see the reality. ... In my opinion this is what Death of a Salesman achieves. ... However, his dream ultimately results in his death and I think they play superbly illustrates the hollowness of the American Dream. ...

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Death of a Salesman Character Analysis Willy Loman a traveling salesman who has worked for the Wagner firm for thirty-four years. ... The overwhelming tensions caused by this disparity, as well as those caused by the societal imperatives that drive Willy, form the essential conflict of Death of a Salesman. ... He is a traveling salesman, the low man of popular United States culture, who believes in the false promises of the American Dream. ... The dream also seems to say that the individual need not master any form of skill or profession to make it big. ... Willy's mental health ...

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Several authors have attempted to capture the essence of the American Dream, but few have reached the status of Arthur Miller in his epic piece, Death of a Salesman. ... "He had the wrong dreams. ... He considered Biff to be a salesman for Oliver, but in reality he was nothing more than a shipping clerk. ... Furthermore, Willy Loman followed the wrong dream. ... He lived his life as a salesman, never realizing that he was going no where. ...

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In Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman, a salesman, has to confront failure in the success driven society of America. In his conquest for the American Dream, Willy faces frustration, disappointment, and failure, all of which eventually lead to his suicide. ... Although Happy is considerably more successful than Biff, Willy still believes that Biff is merely getting a late start in life. ... However, when Biff catches him having an affair with another woman, Biff loses all respect for him. ... In contrast, we see Willy's friend Charlie, who is living the real Americ...

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Death of a Salesman: The Tragic Anti-hero of Willy Loman "A hundred years from now, it will not matter what type of car I drove, or what kind of house I lived in, or the amount of money I made, yet the world might be changed because I made a positive difference in the life of a child." ... In Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman is a textbook example of a failure as a good father in every way mentioned previously. ... As a result, he cannot love them as a father should; his love for Biff has been based on his achievements as an athlete, and, when Biff loses his scholarship, W...

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I have read the play Death of a Salesman a number of times now, and never fail to find more new and meaningful motifs. ... But I believe the problem for people like Willy Loman is that "The American Dream" had died. ... There are several connections to the concept of the American Dream in Death of a Salesman. ... Another example of a man's success, and therefore also of the American Dream, is found on page 38. ... On page 54 Willy remembers one occasion when his son Biff was playing at Ebbets Field. ...

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Arthur Miller's "death of a salesman" is a story of a man who tries to do things right as he sees them but is destined to fail from the outset. ... Willy Loman has the "perfect" family, fulfilling the "American dream" When he is young; "Ha! ... Show him how to do it Biff" Willy's boys Happy and Biff are cleaning his car, Willy is encouraging them, telling Happy how to clean the car and encouraging his older son Biff to show his brother how. ... This is a good reflection on the American dream because Willy is the average,, or common man by achieving the American dream when in real l...

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Eugene Ionesco and Arthur Miller present readers with examples of dreamers in "Rhinoceros" and "Death of a Salesman." Ionesco comments on the absurdity of logic and allows readers to experience Berenger's dream world. ... Miller allows Loman to exist in a disturbed version of the American Dream. ... Biff, Willy's son who was once an attractive football star who failed math his senior year and gave up on his aspirations, was well liked but did not succeed in society. ... Biff could not live up to his father's dreams and deemed himself a failure. ...

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