In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller this lens is supported in the American Dream. ... Theme is also used to support the lens. ... Willy is the main target of this theme. ... The lens, "Literature opens a dark window on the soul, revealing more about what is bad in human nature than what is good" is supported in the novel Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. ... The author also uses techniques such as theme and characterization....

• Word Count: 375
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. ... The other differences between the two eras of tragedies are (literarydevices.net): Greek tragedies focused on a single theme and plot. ... Death of a Salesman In Miller's rendition of a tragedy, we see a much different kind of tragic protagonist. ... That final misbelief is almost worse than his death itself. ... In the case of Death of a Salesman, many people in that time period were going through hard times and had tragedies of their own. ...

• Word Count: 1107
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Arthur Miller's, dramatic play, Death of a Salesman the Loman family presents its self as being the perfect nuclear family as opposed to their dysfunctional nature. ... This dynamic nature shows with his interaction in regards to other characters and with respects to underlying themes in the play. ...

• Word Count: 615
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School