In the play Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller identifies the relationships of Willy Loman and his family. Miller also focuses on the relationship that Willy Loman has with society. ... Willy Loman is a failed salesman in a success-oriented society. ... The exploration of the theme of failure with Willy's children and within a success-oriented society identified the relationships of Willy Loman. ... Even today Willy Loman remains an important fig...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Arthur Millers's play " The Death of a Salesman", The main character Willy Loman is a man who lives his whole life in a make believe world. ... With responding to the first essay question I do agree that Willy Loman is a tragic hero. Willy Loman is the main character/protagonist of the play. ... For instance, Willy says of biff, "The troubles is he's lazy. ... Biff casually mentions to Happy that he stole some basketballs from Oliver, trying to insert reality into the world of the Loman fantasies. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The name Loman that Miller picked for Willy is descriptive in itself. ... Biff, who is a protagonist, knows of Willy's unfaithfulness. Biff shows fury against Linda, who defends Willy. ... Yes, Death of a Salesman is a tragedy, but Willy Loman could have prevented the outcome. ... With no more lies or dreams to create, Willy Loman died. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The whole play is structured to gradually reveal the deteriorating condition of Willy's mind as well as the worsening relations of the entire Loman family, through a series of complex flashbacks. ... Willy Loman's personal breakdown is the central issue in the play, as the title suggests. ... Miller's whole critique on the business world is also a device for revealing the breakdown of Willy Loman's psyche. ... Also, through this slow unfurling of events, the audience is led more deeply into the plot and seems to be experiencing the breakdown of Happy, Biff, Willy and the Lo...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Linda Loman, central male character's wife merely suffices as the acceptable notion of generic mother figure from its era. ... Linda Loman is a prime example of this premise. ... Her passive, attentive domesticity places her in direct subordination to Willy, Biff, and Happy." ... In a scene, we witness her careless behavior when she intentionally foils Willy's attempt to hide his affair with her to his son Biff by coming out of hiding from the bathroom of Willy's hotel room. (676). ... (648) Happy says to Biff. ...

• Word Count: 1860
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School