For this end Arthur Miller's lead character "Willy Loman" is designed to reflect the average man on the street, or the "Common man". Willy Loman has the "perfect" family, fulfilling the "American dream" When he is young; "Ha! ... This makes Willy Loman seem more like the common man in that he has had an affair and isn't a character who never does anything wrong. ... Although characters in plays are classically 2 dimensional Willy Loman is given small interests to allow the audience to relate to him; "Where the hell is that seed? ... Willy Loman's character is given aspects ...

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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. ... Willy Loman is more concerned with his son, Biff being successful and what others will think of him means more than anything else. ... In the play, Loman is portrayed as a man who is always excused by his wife because she tries to make him feel better about himself while he would puts her down. ... Biff Loman was Willy's pride and joy, mainly because he was what Willy wanted him to be, up until he flunked out of school. ... While Willy Loman ...

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Death of a Salesman - Linda Loman We learn from the play that Linda is a housewife and mother of two sons. ... This is most evident near the end of Act II when the Loman boys return home from being at a restaurant with their father. ... She blames herself for Willy's failures. ... You see Ben, Willy's brother, enter and Willy asks him if he secured the Alaska deal. ... Linda Loman is loving and hateful. ...

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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. Even though Miller portrays Willy Loman as the main character of the story, his lack of praise worthy traits make it necessary for another to be the hero. This other character comes in the form of Willy's son, Biff Loman, who may not succeed in regards to Willy's dreams, but still deserves the honor of being called the hero of the play. ... To analyze Biff Loman the most important aspect comes from his change in s...

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Willy Loman, the protagonist of this play, is probably the most washed up and distraught of all the characters. Despite his failure at recognizing his true nature as a Loman or "Low Man," he spends the entire play searching through and evaluating his past in order to achieve some sort of self-realization or self-knowledge. ... Willy's slow, painful demise into nothingness is a direct result of his beliefs. ... As Willy finds himself less and less capable, he still dreams of making it big and has visions of Uncle Ben who gives him advice on how to get rich, but never the kind of advice Wi...

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One of these instances is during a flashback Willy tells Biff Willy. "Be liked and you will never want Take me, for instance 'Willy Loman is here!' ... Appearances are also a big part to Willy Loman. ... In the Loman household the key to success is be well liked and look good. ... From there Bernard begins to give Willy a flashback and question him on a past event in Willy's life. ...

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In Death of a Salesman Willy Loman suffers from not being able to tell what is real, and what is just happening in his mind. ... Willy's tragic flaw is his unwillingness to accept reality. Willy has flashbacks of his past, but rarely are his flashbacks accurate. ... Willy remembers his brother Ben leaving when Willy was little, but he thinks that Ben came home extremely rich. ... The downfall of Willy Loman was caused by his inability to accept reality and culminated in his unfortunate suicide at the end of the play. ...

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Corruption In the play, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Linda Loman's character is portrayed two different ways. ... This causes Willy to build himself up into a great man. ... While us, the reader know how unlikely it is that Willy will get what he wants, Willy does not realize this and Linda, supports W! ... That doesn't have anything to do with Linda but she never challenged what Willy taught them, she just agreed with everything that Willy said. Linda is able to change Willy and his ideas by making them seem greater than they actually are by giving Willy her full su...

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Death of a Salesman is about a salesman named Willy Loman who is in his 60's. ... Biff suggests that it might be Willy's eyes. ... Willy just fails to see this. Willy also shows denial and loses his temper. ... Willy is delusional as well. ...

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Willy Loman, the father, has totally different relationships with each of his sons, Biff and Happy. ... Willy called him a lazy bum. ... Willy sees Biff has an underachiever. ... Willy and Happy's relationship revolves around Biff's relationship with Willy. ... Willy loved his sons every much. ...

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