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"Happy" The irony of the situation is doubled by the shadow (and what is the shadow of a dream,...

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

In a paper consisting of six pages the influential factors that resulted in Arthur Miller's composition of the Pulitzer prize winn...

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

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...

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" (...

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

Loman in Death of a Salesman is a rather pathetic character. He is average, almost typical, but maybe too stereotypical. He is som...

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...

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...

major events that shaped his life. This shows that, from early childhood, Willy had no father figure on which to base his ideas of...

sons that they need to look good, be friendly, and essentially to be what he is not. He has always possessed many different notion...

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...

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

of Willys character shows him to be a highly flawed man, who makes innumerable mistakes and brings about his own tragic demise by ...

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

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

on the socioeconomic totem pole. He has faced personal and professional adversity much of his life. He feels inferior to his old...

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...

to Bill" (Kosenko). The women, in general, accept their position as submissive in the little community and it is actually only Tes...

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...

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

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