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play, wants this to the exclusion of reality. At the beginning of the play it becomes apparent that Willy is in trouble. Suffering...

who has always studied hard and done what is right in order to get ahead. He has gone to college and is a successful lawyer. In es...

own social responsibility. In a way, this sense of responsibility rubbed off on Biff to the extent that he attempted to gain his ...

position to that of management, or even to that of an incredibly successful salesman/employee. His character was weak, and his int...

is the assistant to an assistant. Hap lacks even the smallest spark of introspection or self-analysis, but rather is the embodimen...

in his critical assessment of Where Do We Go From Here, "If you stand with the poor, if you experience their homes and their house...

that his old manager would have given him a promotion. Now, in all honesty, we do not know that Frank would have promoted Willy at...

view. Wily Lomans life is riddled with failures, including the failure towards his family when Wily Loman has an affair, his work...

is doing is supporting him and encouraging his dreams, although they are false. Because of this sort of set-up we are immediatel...

wife Linda is a very supportive, almost too supportive, wife who is always there for Willy. In many ways she may well be protectin...

been so completely dependent on the perception of others. His father left his family when Willy was quite young. Consequently, he ...

resembles any level of success. If he were wise he would be happy he made a living, had a loving wife, a home, and two good sons. ...

between/among society, family and self. She forces her readers to view and view again tendencies of conflict toward self and soci...

more and more about Willys life, than it is not some innate tragic flaw in his character which has led to his misfortune, but a co...

for he is having an affair and in this we see him denying he is aging, and denying he is not the success he thinks he is. In essen...

they alter the way in which Miller originally set up these elements. The Stage and Setting and Directions In the first product...

what he believes to be truth. He tells her, "Maybe I come into the world backwards, I dont know. But you born with two strikes on ...

takes in their own world. Even children who generally rebel against their parents will ultimately come to a point where they come ...

some of lifes toughest questions, questions that are still asked by todays family. Those questions include family values, abuse an...

young boss, Howard Wagner, about easier sales work in town. However, it soon becomes apparent that Willy is to be discarded by h...

for she "She breathes with motherly tenderness and love for all, for life itself. And Linda has a heart full and hands outstretche...

Willy Loman is a rather pathetic man. He is perhaps average, almost typical but maybe too stereotypical. His life had always been...

him long ago, or at the very least, not promoted him. In this we see Willy blaming his new boss for his position. He puts the blam...

to be. Fate has other things in store for Lennie and in the end, it can be said that their friendship is tested one last time....

any true vision or drive. He was, in many ways, nothing but a limited man in the position of a salesman. He could not grow with th...

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

truly found happiness in his small level of success. It is simply his nature to have dreamed big and ignorantly, never having poss...

major events that shaped his life. This shows that, from early childhood, Willy had no father figure on which to base his ideas of...

he has always valued charisma over actual skill or knowledge. This point is shown in a flashback in which Willy asks his oldest ...

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