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

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

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

him. His long-suffering wife Linda bolsters Willy with her quiet strength. She allows him to groom sons Biff and Happy to excel ...

is made immediately aware, first by the title, then by Willys revealing that he found himself driving off the road, that we are ga...

his mother Amanda, and his sister Laura retreat into their own safe havens of illusion. As one critic observed, "No matter how ur...

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....

Willy Loman is a rather pathetic man. He is perhaps average, almost typical but maybe too stereotypical. His life had always been...

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...

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...

first time has begun to take a look at what his years of toil have produced. The comment, then, on the American...

own social responsibility. In a way, this sense of responsibility rubbed off on Biff to the extent that he attempted to gain his ...

the Sophoclean template, time should also be compressed and restricted, with the action of the play taking no more than one day. B...

will; summation of all applicable elements will likely lead one to conclude that determinism played a significant and essential ro...

position to that of management, or even to that of an incredibly successful salesman/employee. His character was weak, and his int...

is the assistant to an assistant. Hap lacks even the smallest spark of introspection or self-analysis, but rather is the embodimen...

that his old manager would have given him a promotion. Now, in all honesty, we do not know that Frank would have promoted Willy at...

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

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

wife Linda is a very supportive, almost too supportive, wife who is always there for Willy. In many ways she may well be protectin...

been so completely dependent on the perception of others. His father left his family when Willy was quite young. Consequently, he ...

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

play, wants this to the exclusion of reality. At the beginning of the play it becomes apparent that Willy is in trouble. Suffering...

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...

takes in their own world. Even children who generally rebel against their parents will ultimately come to a point where they come ...

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 ...

between/among society, family and self. She forces her readers to view and view again tendencies of conflict toward self and soci...

more and more about Willys life, than it is not some innate tragic flaw in his character which has led to his misfortune, but a co...

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. ...