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Tragic Heroes in Death of a Salesman and Oedipus

This 10 page essay explores the tragic heroes in these classic plays. Oedipus believes he makes his own destiny while Willy belie...

Not So Tragic Death of a Salesman

("Introduction"). An example of this might be the concept of the senseless murder. Some suggest that this is an oxymoron. After al...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miler and its Timeless Aspects

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

The Tragic Hero of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Sclarlet Letter is analyzed for the presence of a tragic hero. Using Aristotle standards the author of ...

A Review of Timebends, the Autobiography of Playright Arthur Miller

In this six papge paper the writer explores Miller's autobiography and emphasizes his contributions to American theater. His cont...

Death of a Salesman and Family Values

In five pages Arthur Miller's social drama is analyzed in its portrayal of post World War II family values as they existed in the ...

Analysis of the Death of a Salesman Film

He is someone who today would appear on the Jerry Springer Show. His life had always been dysfunctional and all he ever wanted was...

Performance Art and Autobiography

In five pages the aspects of autobiography as they manifest themselves in performance art are considered in a discussion of Holly ...

McCarthyism Rebuttal in Arthur Miller's The Crucible

In eight sources this paper discusses how McCarthyism is presented in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. Six sources are cited in...

Witch Hunts of Salem and During the McCarthy Era

In seven pages this research paper considers parallels between the witch trials in Salem and the 'witch hunts' during the McCarthy...

Defiance of Authority in Life and in Literature

In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...

American Mass Hysteria's Exacerbation of Class Struggles

In five pages this paper examines how mass hysteria contributes to U.S. class struggles in a consideration of the Communist 'witch...

Themes in Arthur Miller's The Crucible

In 5 pages this paper discusses themes of personal integrity, bureaucracy strictures, and adolescent rebellion that are featured i...

The View from a Bridge by Arthur Miller

In five pages this paper examines the tragedy of the protagonist's failure to face his own feelings as portrayed in Arthur Miller'...

Relationship Between Biff and His Father Willy in Death of a Salesman

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

Analyzing 'Death of a Salesman' from a Feminist Perspective

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

Salem Witch Trials and The Crucible by Arthur Miller

century. It is about a town, after accusations from a few girls, which begins a mad hunt for witches that did not exist" (Anonymo...

Senator Joseph McCarthy's Trials and The Crucible by Arthur Miller

society around the McCarthy trials. It should be understood that the information presented only reflects some of the possibilities...

Human Failing: Miller’s The Crucible

the whole town ultimately. Abigail is the main character and she is the one who instigates, or illuminates, the behaviors of all...

Honesty in “The Crucible”

conflict, if the truth were told more chaos would erupt and more confusion that would demand the townspeople look at honesty and t...

"Death of a Salesman" and Its Relevance to Today

them dream jobs. They are vivid, vibrant characters, though they are not especially likeable, and its easy to see that the life ha...

John Proctor in "The Crucible": Moral Dilemma

strikingly beautiful girl, an orphan, with an endless capacity for dissembling" (Miller, 1959, p. 487). She is convinced that she ...

Arthur Miller’s Importance in Today’s Literary Canon

from Millers uncle: "As Arthur Miller tells it, the writing of Death of a Salesman began in the winter of 1946/47 with a chance me...

Would Aristotle Label Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman as a Tragedy?

audience" (66). The reversal refers to a reversal in fortune, which Aristotle believed was classically represented in a fall from...

Arthur Miller

Introduction For anyone who has read any of Arthur Millers work, or seen any of his plays, there can be little doubt that he was ...

Corruption of Power: Hawthorne and Miller

hath an infant immortality, a being capable of eternal joy or sorrow, confided to her care-to be trained up by her to righteousnes...

Personality Comparative Analysis of the Grandmother in Flannery O’Connor’s ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’ and Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

to go to Florida on a vacation, the grandmother expressed her preference for visiting relatives in Tennessee. When that proved un...

Faulty American Dream in House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

In eight pages this essay considers how each of these works reveal the American Dream to be flawed as reflected within their diffe...

Male and Female Relationships in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

In five pages the male and female relationships in these plays are compared. There are no other sources cited....

Illusion and the Staging of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

In 10 pages this paper examines how in each of these plays staging is used to convey the illusions of their characters. Nine sour...