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In this six papge paper the writer explores Miller's autobiography and emphasizes his contributions to American theater. His cont...

In four pages this version of Arthur Miller's play is reviewed in terms of Willy Loman's character development and simplistic sett...

First, is that the play should be of serious magnitude, and have an impact on many, many people (McClelland, 2001). The second fac...

In five pages the aspects of autobiography as they manifest themselves in performance art are considered in a discussion of Holly ...

and gather a crop. "Good or bad fortune for owners of smaller farms would inevitably be shared by their tenants," Carter noted....

II, Miller was able to show that the American Dream as a way of life is a sham -- and why. Death of a Salesman tells the story of...

and two shabby suitcases" (15). In all honesty, this is all this author states concerning the staging of this play. However, we ca...

shoeshine ... A salesman is got to dream, boy," says Charley, a friend of the family. Willy sees the image of himself coming apart...

condition involves the paradoxical feeling on the part of the spectator that what has happened could not have happened otherwise, ...

His fathers expectations of him are something that Biff knows he can never fulfill, therefore, he becomes critical of himself when...

brother, his time away from home when he worked on ranches where he states, "theres nothing more inspiring or-beautiful than the s...

soreness of his palms...then carries his case out into the living-room...Im tired to death" he tells his wife (Miller 12-13). Hi...

strikingly beautiful girl, an orphan, with an endless capacity for dissembling" (Miller, 1959, p. 487). She is convinced that she ...

from Millers uncle: "As Arthur Miller tells it, the writing of Death of a Salesman began in the winter of 1946/47 with a chance me...

as a witch. As the play progresses, suspicion grows on all sides, until the only way to stop the madness is for John to tell the ...

belief in the "American way," but even at the cost of his sanity he is still unable to succeed. What he has done is to instill the...

In the beginning of the play one sees how Willy has no respect for his son Biff. He argues with his wife saying "Biff is a lazy bu...

of the American Dream with Benjamin Franklin who seemed to prove that through honest and hard work an individual could find succes...

of the play supports the concept of Willy as someone who is "stuck" emotionally at an immature level. Conclusion : As this indica...

state. In this scene he envisions his brother telling his sons about how he had adventures and became a very rich man, a successfu...

conflict, if the truth were told more chaos would erupt and more confusion that would demand the townspeople look at honesty and t...

them dream jobs. They are vivid, vibrant characters, though they are not especially likeable, and its easy to see that the life ha...

to Bill" (Kosenko). The women, in general, accept their position as submissive in the little community and it is actually only Tes...

the whole town ultimately. Abigail is the main character and she is the one who instigates, or illuminates, the behaviors of all...

of Willys character shows him to be a highly flawed man, who makes innumerable mistakes and brings about his own tragic demise by ...

sons that they need to look good, be friendly, and essentially to be what he is not. He has always possessed many different notion...

plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...

not going to happen, and she wants her sons to be good sons, which they are not, at least in her eyes. Perhaps she knows that ther...

audience" (66). The reversal refers to a reversal in fortune, which Aristotle believed was classically represented in a fall from...

on the socioeconomic totem pole. He has faced personal and professional adversity much of his life. He feels inferior to his old...