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

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...

17). While this image is certainly chilling, the overall tone of the poem is one of "civility," which is actually expressed in lin...

which the individual is supposed to pass, the doctors are usually good at predicting whether a dying person has a few days or a fe...

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

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

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

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

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. ...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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

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

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....

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

for all, for life itself. And Linda has a heart full and hands outstretched to give back to life the love it gives her" (OBrien Bi...