YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Tragic Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Essays 31 - 60
for the taking, he can carry on - he can endure the countless humiliations of having his territory dwindle to a small region in Ne...
included intelligence, depth, compassion, and integrity. It was now a dream that focused primarily on material success and the dre...
his mother Amanda, and his sister Laura retreat into their own safe havens of illusion. As one critic observed, "No matter how ur...
by some serious flaw of character and/or judgment," with the ultimate goal being to inspire either pity or fear in the audience (K...
and character. Miller seems to have conceived of Death of a Salesman as a twentieth century tragedy in the tradition of the ancie...
is made immediately aware, first by the title, then by Willys revealing that he found himself driving off the road, that we are ga...
him. His long-suffering wife Linda bolsters Willy with her quiet strength. She allows him to groom sons Biff and Happy to excel ...
In five pages this paper discusses the psychological symbolism that is so much a part of this social drama by Arthur Miler. There...
excuses for that sons pathological misbehavior; he virtually ignores his second son; hes a real bastard to friends, neighbors and ...
and reality. Willy personifies a person who wants certain things from life but is his own biggest obstacle to obtaining them. Th...
on the socioeconomic totem pole. He has faced personal and professional adversity much of his life. He feels inferior to his old...
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...
II, Miller was able to show that the American Dream as a way of life is a sham -- and why. Death of a Salesman tells the story of...
and two shabby suitcases" (15). In all honesty, this is all this author states concerning the staging of this play. However, we ca...
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 ...
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...
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...
view. Wily Lomans life is riddled with failures, including the failure towards his family when Wily Loman has an affair, his work...
brother, his time away from home when he worked on ranches where he states, "theres nothing more inspiring or-beautiful than the s...
is doing is supporting him and encouraging his dreams, although they are false. Because of this sort of set-up we are immediatel...
truly found happiness in his small level of success. It is simply his nature to have dreamed big and ignorantly, never having poss...
These two works are contrasted and compared in six pages with the desire for financial, emotional, and social success being the pr...
In six pages Miller's play is examined in terms of the tragic consequences that resulted from the American Dream of economic prosp...