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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...

importance to his life, telling her, "Youre my foundation and my support" (18). Everything he did was ultimately rooted in love f...

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

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" (...

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...

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...

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...

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...

soreness of his palms...then carries his case out into the living-room...Im tired to death" he tells his wife (Miller 12-13). Hi...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

sons leads him to raise them as privileged beings that deserve having everything handed to them, simply by virtue of who they are....

This essay pertains to Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" and how each play hand...

so gifted and so special that the world will fall at their feet simply because they exist (Miller). As a result, Biff and Happy (p...

This paper examines the themes of death in Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich, and Miller's, The Death of a Salesman. This five p...

In five pages the conflict between Willy Loman and his son Biff is analyzed in terms of its various causes. Two sources are cited...

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

there is an appearance of such. While Lomans life is all about lies and innuendo, Snopess emotions are simply lacking. He is just ...

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

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