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. ... Willy Loman, husband and the father of two sons, is a sixty-year-old, insecure traveling salesman. With all of his heart, Loman believes in the American dream of effortless success, fame, and fortune. ... The American dream is not conquered without work, but Loman does not ever accept this fact. ...

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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. ... All he wanted was to fulfill his American Dream. ... He had an American Dream, he wanted his sons to be successful, and he suffered. ...

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In the play, Death of a Salesman, the character Willy Loman portrays the role of a traveling salesman who feels insecure about his persona. ... In Death of a Salesman, the theme of the "American Dream" is to have the ideal family, be successful, and well-liked. ... He isn't your average manager or Vice President of a Company, he is your average traveling salesman. ... Biff was the All-American athlete who was admired by almost everyone in his high school. ...

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Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, is a tragedy that analyzes the relationships of a family in search of the "American Dream."" ... In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller invisible walls can be the cause of difficult parent/child relationships. ... Willy dedicated himself so much to the success of his sons and the American Dream that his health and family deteriorates, leaving him with nothing to hold onto. ... Death of a Salesman is the supposed "American- tragedy. Willy Loman was so consumed with pleasing other people to attain the "American Dream-; he failed to understand the import...

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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 problem with this is that Willie's perception of the American dream had been distorted, and he believes that the American dream is to achieve as many modern comforts as one can, and as long as they are a popular and rounded person than this will be obtained. Completely missing from Willies perception of the American dre...

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In the Death of a Salesman, the main character Willy Loman struggles to be superior to society but tragically fails because of his arrogance and stubbornness. ... His whole life revolves around attaining the "American Dream" which he believes would make him successful and affluent. ... He was never able to attain wealth and success, the "American Dream." ...

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He believes that a man who with hard work, perseverance, or personality would be rich and achieve the American Dream. ... 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 h...

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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. ... Finally, Willy fails magnificently at achieving the American Dream. ... In all respects, Willy does not achieve the American Dream. ... He therefore fails miserably at the true American Dream, exchanging it for an unachievable fantasy. Willy Loman is a failure as a family man, is an anti-hero, and never achieves the American Dream. ...

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