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Relationship Between Biff and His Father Willy in Death of a Salesman

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

Senator Joseph McCarthy's Trials and The Crucible by Arthur Miller

society around the McCarthy trials. It should be understood that the information presented only reflects some of the possibilities...

Comparative Analysis of Arthur Miller's Characters Willy Loman and John Proctor

This paper consists of 5 pages and contrasts and compares the protagonists John Proctor and Willy Loman as featured in Arthur Mill...

Witch Hunts of Salem and During the McCarthy Era

In seven pages this research paper considers parallels between the witch trials in Salem and the 'witch hunts' during the McCarthy...

McCarthyism Rebuttal in Arthur Miller's The Crucible

In eight sources this paper discusses how McCarthyism is presented in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. Six sources are cited in...

American Literary Symbolism

353). Symbols present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Who or what is "Young Goodman Brown" t...

Tragic Hero Assessment of John Proctor as Portrayed in the 1996 Film Version of Arthur Miller's The Crucible

In five pages this character analysis of John Proctor and whether or not he was portrayed as a tragic hero in Arthur Miller's 1996...

Analysis of the Death of a Salesman Film

He is someone who today would appear on the Jerry Springer Show. His life had always been dysfunctional and all he ever wanted was...

Escaping Reality in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

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

Events in The Crucible and in Today's Headlines

Bush Administration and its continual claims that we were in immediate danger mirrors the climate Miller creates in his play. In t...

The Theme of Tragedy in Oedipus the King and Death of a Salesman

This 5 page paper discusses the tragedies faced in the plays Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman b...

Analysis of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

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

David Mamet, Sam Shepard, and the Dramatic Idiom

plight of small-time con-men, dubious real estate salesmen and other marginal types, explore a desperate, obsessed landscape that ...

Arthur Miller

Introduction For anyone who has read any of Arthur Millers work, or seen any of his plays, there can be little doubt that he was ...

Tragic Hero Represented by Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

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...

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman from a Marxist Perspective

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

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and the Thematic Importance of Setting

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

Analyzing Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In five pages this research paper examines the play's themes and discusses typical productions of Miller's social drama. There ar...

Tragedy Concepts

the audience; and finally, it must be complex (McManus, 1999). Complex here means the plot contains a "reversal of intention (peri...

Miller and Lodge's Characterizations

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...

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Biff's Life Lessons

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

Comparative Analysis of Oedipus and Willy Loman as They Relate to Aristotle’s Definition of a Tragic Hero

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

Language in Miller and Mamet’s Plays

of the language in the beginning (Miller 56). Even though he is not "the finest character that ever lived" he does deserve some re...

Education and Literature's Role

is the well read that appear to succeed in life, they have a broader base of knowledge from which to make judgements and decision....

Influence of Willy Loman Over His Sons Biff and Happy in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

told him about the American Dream. It is likely that when he ages and gets to a point in his life when he has worked for many deca...

Hamlet, Oedipus & Death of a Salesman

"Hamlet," the troubled Danish prince is morose and troubled because, just a short time after his fathers death, his mother remarri...

Would Aristotle Label Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman as a Tragedy?

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

Tragic Heroes Prince Hamlet and Willy Loman

In six pages this paper examines the tragic heroes represented by William Shakespeare's title protagonist Hamlet and Willy Loman i...

Corruption of Power: Hawthorne and Miller

hath an infant immortality, a being capable of eternal joy or sorrow, confided to her care-to be trained up by her to righteousnes...

American Dream of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Prize as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award when it was produced and published in 1949....