Both Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?... In 'Death of a Salesman' Willy considers himself to be a successful and popular salesman but, in reality, he is neither. ... In comparison, Schlöndorff uses very little colour in Death of a Salesman, to create a bleak and sombre atmosphere. ... Similarly, in 'Death of a Salesman', Willy believes Biff is the perfect child and imposes an image of success and popularity onto him: "He could be big in no time", as a way of compensating for his feeling...

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