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Fathers and Sons in “Fences” and “Death of a Salesman”

30). Cheated out of his greatest desire, Troy works now as a garbage man and in middle-age, is growing increasingly bitter (Bloom)...

The Motif of the Car in "Death of a Salesman"

and just let the warm air bathe over me" (Miller 14). But then he suddenly starts to run off the road: "Im tellin ya, I absolutely...

Glengarry Glen Sales

the others; interestingly, he is also probably the weakest character. What is Mamet doing by drenching his audiences in the F-wor...

Three Film Classics and Social Issues

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

The American Dream and Its Death

is silly as the family lives in New York City. And "Happy" is ridiculous; perhaps Willy thought that if he gave his son that name,...

Discussion Questions for Death of a Salesman

he is only concerned with whether or not a given plan can be called a "million dollar idea" (Miller 2012). Despite signs that Biff...

American Literature and Major Common Themes

shaped by trying to achieve the American dream, but by experiencing what occurs when others achieve and pass on the values of weal...

Examining the Lomans and Their Logical Fallacies

the Tony, the Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. It is a classic of the American theater and remains popular in performa...

Film Review for Death of a Salesman

This 3 page paper gives an example of a film review. This paper includes a film review of the movie Death of a Salesman. Bibliogra...

Communication Lacking in the Fiction of Eudora Welty

son, but upon closer examination he realizes the woman is not as old as he first thought, and Sonny is her husband. In fact, the w...

Arthur Miller, William Shakespeare, Sophocles and Consideration of the Individual and Fate

In 5 pages this paper examines the individual and a fate he cannot control in an analysis of Death of a Salesman, Macbeth, and Oed...

The Myth of the American Family as Discredited in Death of a Salesman and An American Beauty

play, if we only look at the man, Willy Loman, and examine him from his perspective, concerning his hopes and desires for himself ...

Death of a Salesman - Willy Loman and the Betrayal of the American Dream

This 6 page paper discusses the concept of true and false values in the play Death of a Salesman. The writer argues that Willy Lom...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miler and its Timeless Aspects

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

Defining an 'Antihero' in Literature

rules that serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Willy had no moral code. He worshiped m...

Children's Dramatic Roles

own. As a result of their inability to take responsibility for the prophecy they suffered at the hands of their son. Oedipus pu...

Euripides' Hippolytus, Iphigenia in Tauris” and Alcestis and Aeschylus The Oresteia, Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers and The Eumenides and Tragic Drama

specifically tailored their works to suit the tastes of their Athenian audiences, mirroring the "fears, tensions, and potential vi...

Learning Theories of Piaget and Miller

This paper provides a comparison of the learning theories put forth by Piaget and Miller. The author discusses Piaget's Developme...

Set Design for the Play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...

Responsibility and Fate According to Greek Perceptions

homes and taking wine, run into the mountains. Two men, the aged prophet Teiresias and King Cadmus, the older monarch who abdicate...

Contrasts and Comparisons between Medea and Clytemnestra

In reaction, the nurse relates that Medea, "the hapless wife, thus scorned...lies fasting, yielding her body to her grief, wasting...

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Aristotle's Table of Virtues

the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to justice. Oedipus swears he will go on this quest to fin...

Antigone and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...

Teiresias' Importance in Antigone and Oedipus

grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...

Oedipus by Sophocles and its Structure

In six pages this paper presents a structural analysis of this ancient Greek tragedy and examines how the rising action and confli...

Oedipus the King and Fate

In five pages fate's role in this ancient Greek tragedy is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Interpretations of Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In seven pages this research paper discusses the various interpretations of this classic Greek tragedy including those of Sigmund ...

1982 Trial of Political Activist Mumia Abu Jamal

In twelve pages this paper discusses Mumia Abu Jamal's 1982 trial as a tragedy worthy of a Greek epic. Ten sources are cited in t...

Tragic Hero in Electra by Euripides

In five pages Euripides' tragic protagonist is examined in an application of Aristotle's Greek tragedy formula. There are no othe...

Paradox of Dramatic Character in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In five pages this paper examines a passage from the Greek tragedy in order to determine to what extent Oedipus portrays himself a...