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In five pages Schlondorff's 1985 interpretation of Miller's play is discussed in terms of acting especially Dustin Hoffman's and J...

In six pages this essay analyzes the many themes Miller incorporated into his play that is frequently misunderstood as a result of...

and character. Miller seems to have conceived of Death of a Salesman as a twentieth century tragedy in the tradition of the ancie...

In six pages Miller's play is examined in terms of the tragic consequences that resulted from the American Dream of economic prosp...

These two works are contrasted and compared in six pages with the desire for financial, emotional, and social success being the pr...

In five pages this paper examines how the tragic hero's journey is thematically portrayed in these plays. Three sources are cited...

In five pages the development of Biff through different life stages from schoolboy to adulthood are examined with a discussion of ...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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...

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

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

These boys are very reflective of how children will take on the traits of their father, through the insistent nature of their fath...

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

slowly come to a point where he realizes he is out of time and "His mind has run out of control. He is confused and no longer able...

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

a job he has obviously done for decades. This image is one that induces sympathy and empathy and thus presents the reader or viewe...

faults at all. In our modern society, and perhaps in the past century or so, a tragedy does not necessarily possess all those qu...