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us are perhaps afraid to pursue the thing that would make us the most happy but is likely to also be the most risky. We may fear ...

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

dramatic action by the end of the play (cathartic release), and falls into two parts comprising a complication and a d?nouement(El...

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

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...

we know Frank would have fired him long ago, or at the very least, not promoted him. In this we see Willy blaming his new boss for...

included intelligence, depth, compassion, and integrity. It was now a dream that focused primarily on material success and the dre...

finally come to terms with the reality of the situation. Happy, of course, is a chip off the old block, confined into his narrow a...

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

and we are inside Lomans house. We read that as the light changes we are forced to see how this house looks somewhat pathetic in t...

to gain his own independence despite his fathers quelling influence; however, this is never to be for the thirty-four-year-old ner...

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

is that so many people believe in ideals like Willys. In the end, what is show is that a man with so much potential ends up losing...

that they are constantly losing, for many losers keep plugging away. And, if they constantly plug away, with good intentions and p...

upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...

play, I think, and maybe that is what does it. We are faced with the spectacle of all that love being lost on someone who can t r...

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...

deal of understanding in this particular line. We note that the staging is "smart" which tells us that the staging is perhaps cris...

may very well lie in the study of some of the most earliest of heroes from the texts of Homer and Plato. By far one of the most en...

in his own quest to find his own American Dream, squanders an inheritance on a one-shot deal that goes bad. And in the old adage t...

by some serious flaw of character and/or judgment," with the ultimate goal being to inspire either pity or fear in the audience (K...

modeled after his own life and experiences, including his relationship with the tormented Marilyn Monroe; however, Miller has neve...

bowling alley, she refuses to have her brother-in-law see her yet: ""Oh no, no, no. I wont be looked at in this merciless glare" (...

trapped. Our era has prompted most to believe that yesterdays luxuries are indeed todays necessities. By way of two acclaimed l...

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

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

In the beginning of the play one sees how Willy has no respect for his son Biff. He argues with his wife saying "Biff is a lazy bu...

of the play supports the concept of Willy as someone who is "stuck" emotionally at an immature level. Conclusion : As this indica...

state. In this scene he envisions his brother telling his sons about how he had adventures and became a very rich man, a successfu...

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...