DEATH OF THE AMERICAN DREAM "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller is a tragedy, which comments on American life and values. ... "Death of a Salesman" has earned Miller a number of awards, such as the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. ... Death of a Salesman could also have been named "Death of the American Dream" because it shows how Willy's dream come shattering in on him and eventually died. Whether reading or watching "Death of a Salesman", the audience can relate to the tragic hero, Willy Loman. ... Willy was living the American Dream, and that's ...

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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. ... An insecure, self-deluded man, Willy believes wholeheartedly in the American Dream of easy success and wealth, but he never achieves it. ... 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. Theref...

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Since it's invention the "American Dream" has evolved and produced two very different forms, the original being a promise of a land of freedom, with opportunity and equality for all; where hard, honest work is rewarded with spiritual fulfilment and happiness. ... Ultimately both Fitzgerald and Miller see the American Dream as a failure. The American Dream, it's interpretation and the ways of achieving it, are very important underlying themes in both Arthur Miller's "Death Of A Salesman" (1949) and F. ... Thus, it may seem, personifying the "American Dream". ... So he sets out t...

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In the play, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman is like many people today. From all over the world, people move to America believing that if they work hard enough, they will become rich. ... This statement is associated with the dream of becoming successful in America. Immigrants come to America believing this. ... His constant flashbacks of this incident depict his regrets of choosing to be a salesman over moving to Alaska. ...

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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. ... "The American Dream" as I understand it is, the idea that life in America assures certain things and guarantees a certain way of life. ... 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. ...

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In the Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald portrays the American dream as well as appearance vs. reality. ... In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway moved to West Egg to work as a bonds salesman. ... It becomes clear that the "death car" was Gatsby's. ... One of them is the concept of the American Dream. ... In a way, he did live the American Dream and impacted his only friend, Nick Carraway very deeply....

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Children will always be afraid of the dark and men will always shudder at what they do not understand, yet everyone will continue to seek it.5 Perhaps it is because society, particularly American society because of its history, believes the final horrors are ghosts and demons, when truly it is the hidden aspects of its own soul.6 As reflected by its literature, American society has always held a deep fascination with the supernatural. Evidence of this is seen throughout American history, from the Puritan era onward. ... "Whether something's really there or not may be irrelevant...

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