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to be popular. It can be said to be part of the human condition. But, it can also be said, that Willy Loman, the sixty something t...

the span of a day comes face-to-face with the realization that the American Dream has become a nightmare of his own making, that t...

modeled after his own life and experiences, including his relationship with the tormented Marilyn Monroe; however, Miller has neve...

bowling alley, she refuses to have her brother-in-law see her yet: ""Oh no, no, no. I wont be looked at in this merciless glare" (...

Loman in Death of a Salesman is a rather pathetic character. He is average, almost typical, but maybe too stereotypical. He is som...

that they are constantly losing, for many losers keep plugging away. And, if they constantly plug away, with good intentions and p...

in the famous "closet scene," in which he accuses his mother of being a sexual predator, declaring, "In the rank sweat of an ensea...

"Happy" The irony of the situation is doubled by the shadow (and what is the shadow of a dream,...

trapped. Our era has prompted most to believe that yesterdays luxuries are indeed todays necessities. By way of two acclaimed l...

In a paper consisting of six pages the influential factors that resulted in Arthur Miller's composition of the Pulitzer prize winn...

that I have longed long to re-deliver. I pray you, now receive them" (Shakespeare 145). He replies: "No, no; I never gave you augh...

In five pages this play is evaluated in terms of whether or not Elizabethan audiences would regard it as a personal tragedy or a p...

in his own quest to find his own American Dream, squanders an inheritance on a one-shot deal that goes bad. And in the old adage t...

for the taking, he can carry on - he can endure the countless humiliations of having his territory dwindle to a small region in Ne...

have been a devil, cleverly taking the shape of his father in order to lure him into committing a sinful act. Basically, Hamlet ...

included intelligence, depth, compassion, and integrity. It was now a dream that focused primarily on material success and the dre...

importance to his life, telling her, "Youre my foundation and my support" (18). Everything he did was ultimately rooted in love f...

us are perhaps afraid to pursue the thing that would make us the most happy but is likely to also be the most risky. We may fear ...

timeless quality and subject matter. It is also interesting to note that despite the plays relevance to American society, it wa...

to gain his own independence despite his fathers quelling influence; however, this is never to be for the thirty-four-year-old ner...

and new trends. He could not open his mind to new ideas concerning anything, including his family. In essence, he was a man with a...

Loman has limited intelligence or at least that seems to be the case; the point is arguable however. The story itself, as origin...

finally come to terms with the reality of the situation. Happy, of course, is a chip off the old block, confined into his narrow a...

of how they look at the world. For the two sons this image is different. Biff is the intelligent brother who is often angered a...

love, but have to ultimately abide by their previous obligations, as they are both happily married. Death of a Salesman (1985, pro...

Ophelias death, he talks with the men who are digging her grave. The comic intent of the scene is evident from the onset by the ...

excuses for that sons pathological misbehavior; he virtually ignores his second son; hes a real bastard to friends, neighbors and ...

often "little more than a litany of abuse echoing and amplifying the indictments men level against her" (Corum 183). She is accus...

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

and we are inside Lomans house. We read that as the light changes we are forced to see how this house looks somewhat pathetic in t...