Essays on Willy

Willy and Shelly as Tragic Heroes

The plays “The Death of a Salesman” and “Glengarry Glen Ross” focus on the dramatic events in the lives of aging salesmen, whose careers are rapidly ended when they start underperforming in their jobs, and even though they try their best to succeed, they are eventually destroyed by their unrealistic ambitions. The figures of Shelly Levene and Willy Loman have been characterized as tragic throughout the years, even though many critics continue to disagree with this denomination. Even though they may not entirely comprise the classical attributes of tragic heroes, they essentially represent the same kinds of heroes that ...

Questions and Answers Based on Hansberry’s, A Raisin in the Sun.

Walter enquired about Ruth because he could see that she was looking fatigued. It is arguable that his concern towards her was fueled by the knowledge of her physiological situation. The fact that Ruth was pregnant means that her new physiological state might have contributed to the concern expressed by Walther in enquiring about her condition.

Why is Ruth upset when Walter gives Travis the money?

There are to plausible reasons as to why Ruth is angry at the decision of Walter to give some money to Travis. Firstly, Walter’s actions are irresponsible given the financial situation in the household. They did not have surplus from which they ...

Many American tend today to believe that a play Death of a Salesman written by Arthur Miller is considered to be a quintessential literary work that brilliantly describes American Dream. The poem tells us about the last days in a life of Willy Loman, who desperately tried to succeed but did not manage, nevertheless the fact that he was a kind man with good intentions. First and foremost, the drama is quite realistic, the main actions happened in the past, but the author’s usage of the flashback technique that combines present and past actions allows the reader to ...

Intricacy and complexity of Arthur Miller`s play Death of a Salesman reflect not only existential along with social anxieties and miseries, but, also, American reality of the post-war period, when the US society seemed to get rid of devastating effect of the Great Depression and aftermath of WWII. In his play Miller depicts an average American who, like the rest of the world, has a dream. However, taking into consideration national and social peculiarities of protagonist this dream is tightly connected with more ideological notion entitled – the American Dream. Thus, through play`s protagonist, Willy Loman, one may ...

Death of a Salesman story depicts the struggles Willy Loman underwent so that he could attain his American dream. Willy Loman, as the protagonist of the play, goes through a great sort of change. The central character the middle class tussles in the American nation. He is inspired by the false promises that are contained in the achievement of the American dream. Death of a Salesman story spins around the fracases of Willy Loman to identify the self-validation at the center of his unrealistic dreams. In this paper, we will provide insight into why Willy’s American dream was ...

Larry Canupp

Lane-343 Death of a Salesman Describe the ways in which Willy's death is foreshadowed in the first act in the play. Willy’s suicide is foreshadowed in Act one through the accident scene. When he arrives home, his wife is the first to ask whether he was involved in an accident as had been previously involved and he retorts that nothing happened. He then reveals that he kept falling into trances and almost knocked down a young boy. When they go to bed, they are woken up by the grumblings of Willy; the sons also begin to think he ...

The concept of the American dream has been widely interpreted by many people to mean the national values that guide America towards attaining prosperity (Adams, 23). One such literature work that has tried interpreting the American dream is Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’. In this play, the author puts his focus on the concept of the American dream. In one way or the other, the play exposed the weak points and the failures of blindly having faith in the American dream, as it leads to a tragedy. Although there is no doubt that the American national values ...

Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman (1949)

Introduction

Arthur Miller is a renowned American iconic playwright regarded by many as the best of his generation. He is a household name in the American theatre and has produced arguably some of the best plays widely considered by many critics as classics. In my essay I aim to focus on Arthur Miller’s award winning play Death of A Salesman which premiered in 1949. The play, broadly referred to as the first ‘Great American Tragedy’, centers on the life of Willy Loman, the protagonist, and mainly so, on the last twenty-four hours ...

Death of a Salesman is an American tragedy, written in 1948 by Arthur Miller. While it reflects the values of American society such as success and the American dream, the play continues to have relevance and a universal appeal because it depicts the struggle of a man, Willy Loman, to come to grips with a rapidly changing society which he no longer understands. Hooti and Azipour (15) are correct in their appreciation of the play when they assert that “this play is the story of all human beings who are in search of success, Love, Pride and Ambition, but ...

Outlining Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy, a brief discussion on the definition of tragedy can be delivered. According to the Theory of Tragedy, it is a kind of literature that presents replication of several serious actions of different magnitudes compiled with each brand of artistic as well as linguistic embellishment (Jeong-Hyok Seo). In addition to that, the literature has been divided into many parts in the form of continuous actions sometimes not descriptive. At the end of the play, the several incidents create distinct misfortune and fear that ends in accomplishing grief. Considering the tragedy as a literary genre, ...

In many ways, the play is a tragedy that centers on the problems of the Loman family. Wiily Loman, the protagonist, is the misguided character person, who sets out to achieve the goals that he thinks is the right for himself and his family. It is ironic that his dreams and goals of having a better life for himself and his family are responsible for the pain and distress to everyone. In Death of a Salesman, the protagonist, Willy, is different from the traditional tragic hero, but he possesses the fatal flaw of all tragic heroes. The true tragedy of the play ...

Introduction

Taekwondo is a sport which originated as a form of martial arts in the ancient Korean states which were divided into three. It was basically used as a means of combating fighting skills among the soldiers but it was later adopted as a sport. The sport usually employs heavy use of fist and foot as well as flexibility. There have been claims that this sport heavily impact on the physical fitness of a person as well as health of the person. The popularity of the sport has spreads to over 180 countries in the world with about 80 million people practicing it.

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In the summer of 1914, a military conflict centered in Europe occurred. It was called the World War I. All the world’s great powers were involved grouped into two opposing alliances: the Allies (Triple Entente) and the Central Powers. It was a time of mobilization which resulted to unfortunate occurrences. People lost their lives and property was destroyed which led to economic downfall in many states. Technological advances during this time were inevitable as it was a great war where both groups wanted to emerge winners. By the end of the war four great powers were defeated- Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary and ...

Throughout the course of American mythology and literature, there is a curious persistence of the concept of the American dream. From the very beginning of western influence on the continent, groups of people have constantly flocked to the land in search of a fabled life better than their own. Even among natural born citizens, there exists a belief that life can become whatever a person desires, as long as they work hard. Playwright Arthur Miller frequently wrote about and depicted this ideology. Through his play Death of a Salesman, Miller denounces the American dream as impossible and unrealistic for society as a whole, due to ...

Arthur Mills is a famous author who has capability to attract the peculiar feelings of the every reader who enjoys reading books and wish to feel author’s illustration power. The play Death of a Salesman written by Arthur Miller in the Aristotelian sense is a classic tragedy. It brings empty capitalism’s promises, the American dreams materialistic version and a sense of capitalism critique. It is a tragic play written by Arthur Miller. It is commonly known as the first tragedy of Modern American society. It is based on the foundations, values and moral principles of the American society by utilizing the American ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with a theatrical analysis of the play ‘Death of a Salesman’, written by Arthur Miller in 1949. This analysis will present you with the look of a hypothetical producer. Therefore, it will focus on the summary of the play, the world it represents and the wider cultural background within which it was first produced. Finally, it will emphasize on all the details concerning a production set nowadays. The essay will give the overall look of the hypothetical producer, focusing on the aspects which are to be taken into consideration in this particular hypothetical production. ...

The American Dream states that basically anyone can achieve anything if they work hard enough, thus obtaining freedom and ensuring upward mobility for the next generation. Every person who is thinking about America has the American Dream stamped in their minds, thanks to mainstream media and pop culture. But, is the American Dream just a fantasy, an unfulfillable promise, a utopia for those who have lost hope and are wanting a better life for themselves? Arthur Miller, in his 1949 play "Death of a Salesman", portrays an average American, a man called Willy Loman. Willy is depressed, recently suffered a car accident and wants ...

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The drama, “Death of a Salesman”, written by Arthur Miller has been claimed as the “first true American tragedy.” It narrates the story of Willy, an American salesman, who lives in the myth that people are very fond of him, and he is indispensable at the organization he works for. His illusion continues through the play, and when he dies ultimately by crashing his car by himself, he still believed that his son Biff would do excellently in life. The story starts when Willy returns home from a failed sales trip, and complains to his wife Linda, that their elder ...

The play “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles begins with Oedipus the king explaining his concern about his citizens thus: “My zeal in your behalf ye cannot doubt; Ruthless indeed were I and obdurate, If such petitioners as you I spurned” (11-15). These lines clearly establish the fact that Oedipus is a good king and looks after his kingdom, Thebes, quite well. However, this is not enough. No matter how well Oedipus governs his kingdom or how valiant he is, tragedy befalls Oedipus through what can be said as “Hamartia”. Hamartia or tragic flaw is what brings down a great character and ...

Death of a Salesman is a story that represents the real and contemporary American society and their dreams and aspirations. It is a story of the common people and their dreams. The title itself reveals the tragic end of the protagonist Willy. As far as the tragic flow of the story is concerned, it can be studied as the modern version of the Aristotelian tragedies, though it can be a comparative analysis with some resemblances and some differences. The story fulfils many parameters of the tragedy. Only the difference is that unlike the typical Aristotelians tragic hero, Willy does not belong to the ...

Introduction

A raisin in the sun cannot be complete without the influence of people who are outside of the Younger family. Every character that is introduced ion different scenes in the book has a fundamental part to play in how the different themes are developed. They make the themes in the book have a real effect, and the audience can tell that the themes are universal concepts that happened to the people in the society. The book reverberates around an African American family that struggles to have their mark in a world that is full of atrocities and adversaries that threaten their very ...

Did Arthur Miller Believe in the American Dream?

Essay Outline

I. Introduction a. Arthur Miller as an author b. His beliefs towards American Dream II. Arthur Miller a. His family and childhood b. His political stance and belief in the American Dream III. Miller’s famous plays and stories a. All My Sons i. How did it convey his political stance. ii. How was the American Dream portrayed in this work iii. How did it affect his success as an author b. Death of a Salesman i. How was his ...

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There are several tragedies in the history of English Literature. Oedipus and Willy are two such characters in such stories, whose lives are torn apart by tragedies. Both these characters make some choices, which change their lives devastatingly. Yet, in spite of the manifold tragedies in their lives, the characters share some similarities in fate, and yet differences in their devastating sadness as well. Oedipus is the son of King Laius and his queen Jocasta of the kingdom of Thebes. Abandoned at birth, he was brought up by King Polybus and Queen Merope of the kingdom of ...

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The Death of a Salesman deals with two unresolved problems; the problem of family, and the marked society. Volker Schlöndorff made Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (1985) into a mini-serial for television audiences. The movie deals with the dynamics of the family system; whether it’s the relationship between father and son, or the relationship between father and daughter, and so on. In Death of Salesman, Willy Lowman, the protagonist, is seen as a man who leads a life in isolation. His life goes around in circles and has illusions that he would make it rich one day. The frequent appearance ...

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Introduction

Throughout the history of Psychology among the most interesting topics for many scholars and social analyst is the process affecting human development. Thus, there are many developmental theories formulated over the years in the pursuit to explain and confound within a logical explanation and analogy the intricacies of this process. Psychologists believe that certain factors and elements within the stages of one’s development are pivotal to providing an understanding human behavior . In fact, if reviewed and analyzed critically, psychologists believe that it can help predict behavior that is especially beneficial if one desires or saw the need ...

Social, Political, Cultural and Economic Issues

“The Struggle of Naga Tribe” is one of the most famous plays in Indonesian literature history. The play was written and performed by Willy Brordus Surendro Rendra, one of the greatest writers and dramatists of Indonesia origin. Rendra tries to awaken his countrymen to their rights and set them against developments that are taking place around them. The play is satirical in nature and yet describes several crucial issues in a communicative manner. It reveals several hypocrisies and compels people to think over social, political, cultural, and economic issues in a new perspective. This is a paper on the play “The Struggle ...

<Put your name here> <Put the name of your school / University here> Willy the central character in this play is an unfortunate misfit in professional in both personal and professional lives, with a delusion of pomposity and attainment of great success. He is blessed to have a dedicated and committed partner in Linda, who protects his ego in an effort to maintain a semblance of an order in life. Willy, a failure sales professional, believes that he is central to the success of his company and that is the reason why the owner of the company had him ...

The death of a salesman rotates around Willy, who is the father to Biff and Happy, and a husband to Linda. It is an average family whose dreams seem to differ, and Willy develops a personal conflict in his own life. The death of a salesman is a tragic story where Willy tries hard,but he does not achieve his dreams.His needs are not met; hence, leading to his death. Willy’s life rotates around failures, and he feels a failure knows him best since nothing he tries succeeds. He feels tiered working as a salesman because his job does not help him achieve his dreams. ...

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Death of a salesman, written by Arthur Miller, is a twentieth century modern play which primarily delineates the life of the modern man in today’s contemporary world that is getting sophisticated on a daily basis in numerous facets including the advancement of technology. The fundamental aim of the play is to portray how money has turned into an obsessions to many people these days, and how the modern life of people in today’s world is determined through the quantum of his earnings, either daily or on a monthly basis. The protagonist of the ...

Death of a Salesman is the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Arthur Miller, it was published in 1949. The play is an American tragedy that details the life and death of Willy Loman, a traveling salesman. Note that Arthur Miller named this character “Loman” a name that literally derives from Low Man. Willy Loman lives in Brooklyn New York, where Arthur Miller was born and lived his professional life. Loman’s home life revolves around his nagging wife Linda, deadbeat son Biff, and younger son Happy. Loman fantasizes about being younger and having a young, joyful family with productive happy sons and a supportive ...

Aristotle was one of the greatest Greek philosophers. He wrote on many areas including, meteorology, climate, biology, animal anatomy, psychology and ethics. His philosophical works focused on logic and the use of inference and deduction. He also wrote a number of works on the arts including the structure of the Greek Play. For the ancient Greeks, the tragic play was the greatest form of drama, and Aristotle ideas of Greek Tragedy and the tragic hero were based on the views of the times. According to Golden, Aristotle’s defined a Greek Tradgedy as, ". . . an imitation of a noble and complete action, having ...

Death of a salesman is a play where Willy Lowman spends most of his time on the road as a salesman. He did his job as directed, and manages to purchase mortgage from his sales. He is also trying to raise his two kids and a wife, as he struggles to attain The American Dream. A raisin in the sun portrays a few weeks of an African -American family, the Youngers in the 1950’s and live in the Southside of Chicago. In Death of a salesman the character Willy shows money is everything, because everything that is happening around him revolves around money. ...

Introduction

Loman family is composed of four members, mother –Linda, father – Willy and two sons – Biff and Happy, each of them being the representative of social constructions. As such, Linda is the caregiver, being dedicated to the domestic sphere, loving and caring for her husband and their two sons. She sees and understands the challenges that all of them face and she behaves as the leant between all the members of the family, determined to maintain a peaceful home. Willy, on the other hand, is the family head, the one who has the responsibility of taking care of the family needs ...

Arthur Miller was born in the house of a Polish Jewish couple in Harlem, New York City in 1915. In his book, “Timebends: A Life,” Miller mentions that the part of Harlem he was born in was quite modern and popular, but the Great Depression had already made its way in Brooklyn by the time was grown up. Since Miller was studying in the University of Michigan at that time, he had to a variety of physical labor to pay for his education. The above mentioned book is the only autobiography that Arthur Miller has ever written, but that is not ...

Introduction

For the sake of this project, I chose to analyze the following literary and nonliterary works: - “The Death of Ivan Ilych” by Leo Tolstoy (Novel) - Death of a Salesman, directed by Laszlo Benedek (Film) - “Piano Man,” written and performed by Billy Joel (Music) All three of these works relate to the ways in which we live our lives, and the necessity to be able to view our lives much more abstractly and open-mindedly – the works feature characters who are either served well or could be served well by their capacity for critical thought ...

When people describe an event as “tragic,” the first thing that comes to mind is that something terrible has happened to a person or people. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines tragedy as “a very bad event that causes great sadness and often involves someone's death; a very sad, unfortunate, or upsetting situation , something that causes strong feelings of sadness or regret, [or] a play, movie, etc., that is serious and has a sad ending.” In life, it is not difficult to classify particular situations as tragic, such as the ending of a young life by a drunk driver or the destruction of the World Trade Center by terrorists. ...

Family, Identity and the “American Dream” in Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller's 1949 play, Death of a Salesman tackles the issues of identity, family dynamics and the pursuit of the “American Dream” using the Loman family as a model to illustrate these concepts. The play starts with Willy Loman, a traveling salesman, returning from a botched business trip. Willy expresses disgust towards his oldest son, Biff, who has failed to do anything substantial with his life. Biff and his younger brother Happy take their father out to dinner where Biff has a flashback to the time he visited his father in Boston and discovered Willy was having an affair with a receptionist. He confronts his ...

Over the years, the definition of tragedy has undergone considerable evolution. According to Aristotle, a tragic play can exist without characters but it cannot exist without a plot (Poetics), however, this is not agreeable from a modern standpoint. By today’s standards, both the characters and the plot are vital aspects to a meaningful tragic play. On the other hand, Arthur Miller is more focused on the “tragic hero,” exposing the man behind the tragic mask rather than the contents of the plot itself. His idea of depicting a tragic hero as a common man is more up to date. Thus, tragedies like Sophocles’ “Oedipus ...

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The American Civil War (1861-1865) was mainly caused by different views on the issue of slavery among the Southern and Northern States. Democracy has four institutions that seek to influence outcomes that dictate democracy. They all revolve around freedom and citizenship of an identified people. Before the war, America was not a democratic state as slaves were considered property and not citizens of America. The Dred Scott vs. Sanford decision dictates these factors regarding slaves. When the pro-slavery states are defeated, America sees the start of a democracy in the country. The Emancipation Proclamation was the first step towards a ...

This essay aims at comparing and contrasting the theme of fantasy and wishful thinking as presented in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (1949) and also in Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie (1945). Both playwrights have intensively used characters who resort into habits of escapism into fantasy and wishful thinking to free themselves from their miserable existence. The main sources of their predicaments are their consistent failures in achieving their dreams, little interaction and communication with family members coupled with personal insecurities. Due to these facts, they all have a common problem which is frustration and boredom. They resort ...

Organization

Arthur miller's award winning play death of a salesman where Willy loman is the salesman driven by the emerging values of post war capitalism and materialism and wanted his sons to adopt the same. The conflict arises when his sons cannot do the profit or money-making. The play becomes of what was popularly known to be the American dream. This paper aims to analyze this over reaching theme that explicitly critiques. The paper also aims how the play impacted the American public considering it was published when capitalism was booming. It is important to understand how the people responded to ...

Introduction

The play, Death of a salesman is one of the plays authored by Miller. It gives a concept that is gathered from the exploration of the world as from the America after the war. It tries to assess the result of this war to the American new found prosperity on men. Ideally, men in the 1950s commence having a feeling of pressure that resulted from their family responsibilities. Besides the pressure to provide basic necessities but also to deliver the members of one’s family with luxurious items that are believed to be essential to the families. The idea here was that ...

Arthur Miller’s iconic play Death of a Salesman is rife with symbolism, rich characters that welcome in-depth study and debate, relationships between different characters that warrant close examination and themes and motives that range from statements about the American Dream and socioeconomics to the importance of place, feminism, gender roles and familial relationships. One of the most prominent themes in Death of a Salesman is that of betrayal. Arthur Miller thoroughly and effectively examines betrayal and the different forms it can take. Betrayal and abandonment, a form of a betrayal, characterize nearly all of the significant relationships in the play, particularly the ...

Death of a Salesman, written by American playwright Arthur Miller, is a play that revolves around the life and times of Willy Loman. After failing to attain his goals in life, Willy degenerates into a state of denial and frustration. For instance, he is angry with his sons, Biff and Happy, because they have not amounted to anything. It is at this point that the two boys hatch a plan to pacify their father. Biff would go back to his former employer and make a business proposal. However, the plan does not materialize because the employer can no longer recognize Biff. Nevertheless, Willy, Biff ...

Introduction

Relationships form a very important theme in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. An example of a relationship in the play is the brothers’ relationship. In the play, Biff and Happy are brothers whose relationship is quite dynamic. The two are the sons of main character in the play, Willy Loman. Their relationship can be described as that of love but also that is filled with a lot of conflict. They exhibit a lot of the average sibling relationship. Although there are differences that spring up between them, they have however also a lot have in common and this ultimately brings them together. ...

The Great American Dream is generally interpreted as if you work hard, without complaint, you will become successful. Success means you and your family will live a comfortable life and your children will enjoy more successful than you do. The Salesman, Willy Loman, believes in a different American Dream. He believes that a businessman who is well liked and personally attractive will receive the American Dream of physical comforts and material success. My personal interpretation of the American Dream is closer to the one most people believe in. I think it is necessary to work hard and not complain. If anything, I ...

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman is a play written by Arthur Miller in the year 1949. The play tells of man’s disillusionment and despair. The author narrates the story through the mindset of Willy – the main character in the play. Willy, an ordinary salesman residing together with his family in New York, is obsessed with the American dream and making as much money as possible. However, his big dreams fail to materialize and he ends up a depressed man. As a result, he starts to speak alone. He also rants at his sons for failing to follow his vision for them. A critical ...

In the 2005 film, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Tim Burton, and starring Johnny Depp as the character of Willy Wonka, presents an interesting psychiatric profile. This movie is a film adaptation of the popular children’s book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by Ronald Dahl. The main character, Willy Wonka, shows signs of social anxiety disorder. The character has not left his factory in decades and is noticeably uncomfortable in the company of others. He appears very nervous and panicked at the thought of interacting with the outside world. This was emphasized in the film, by ...

Introduction

Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman is a masterpiece that has remained relevant for many decades. Like other literary works of this great dramatist the concern is with the anxiety and uncertainty that characterized the middle class of his time. This award-winning play is an illustration of the influence of a writer’s life experiences on thematic considerations in a work of art especially in relation to success and family life.

Arthur Miller – A Background

Arthur Miller was born in 1915 in a relatively rich Jewish family. During the Great Depression of the 1930s the his family’s business collapsed and this exposed Arthur to an ...

Genre of the book

The genre of the book could be described as children’s fantasy. This can be seen by the fact that the book has based its story on Charlie, a child who loved chocolate very much. Similarly, most children love chocolate very much. However, most children cannot have as much chocolate as they would want to eat. The book, therefore, aims to stimulate the minds of children to fantasize about the joy they would have if they were in a situation where they could have as much chocolate as they wanted.

Message of the book

The book is meant to encourage children to be disciplined and ...

August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson

As part of August Wilson’s ten play cycle, The Piano Lesson concerns issues that African-Americans deal with in the 1930s, primarily the effect of the past, its bearing on the present, and the consequences for the future. The weight of the past in the play is represented by the piano. This piano once belonged to the Sutter family, slaveholders who owned the members of the Charles family who currently possess the piano. As Doaker reveals when he explains to Boy Willy why Berniece will not consent to the sale of the piano, members of the Charles family stole ...

“For Marxism, getting and keeping economic power is the motive behind all social and political activities, including education, philosophy, religion, government, the arts, science, technology, the media, and so on”. (Tyson 53-54) A Marxist has multiple theories, which are applied to different subjects within a society and the analysis explains the complexities of modern society. When we consider a Marxist analysis it mainly concentrates on the relationships between the socioeconomic classes and it describes that all the actions done by humans revolve around “the distribution and dynamics of economic power”. For instance the example given by Tyson about the comedy serial ...

Question Selected: Gerald Weales, an expert in Arthur Miller’s work, writes this: “ [Willy] takes to the stage (takes flesh) as a man who just cannot keep his mouth shut and who never understands when he is condemning and when he is defending himself.” Explain your understanding of these words; then agree or disagree with Weales.

In the play Death of a Salesman that premiered in the year 1949, produced by Arthur Miller; it has been found that the Willy is always all over the place condemning and defending himself aimlessly. Gerald Weales, who is an expert in Arthur Miller’s ...

Imagery in William Shakespeare’s “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” and William Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” Both William Shakespeare and William Wordsworth rely on nature and its beauty to denote the true state of their emotions in their poems. Shakespeare compares his beloved with the loveliness of nature to evoke visual impressions of the person’s beauty, in an effort to make an abstract notion such as love and devotion more palpable, by comparing it to something that most people agree is beautiful. Wordsworth on the other hand, utilizes the beauty of ...

In the previous chapter we have shown how the alienation pervades both of the plays thematically. The present chapter concerns with the stylistic devices which are used by Arthur Miller and Samuel Beckett to support the thematic preoccupation. Since we are concerned with the study of drama, we judge important to include an examination of the stagecraft; that is to say the technical aspects of the two plays. The most important point to insist on is that Death of a Salesman and Waiting for Godot belong to two different, if not opposed, theatrical movements - Realism and Absurdism, respectively. As a ...

Since British slave owner Willie Lynch gave his speech on how to control slaves at the colony of Virginia in 1712, it seems like a lot has changed to improve for Black American citizens (Lynch ¶ 1). The Emancipation Proclamation officially abolished slavery in America, and the civil rights movement throughout the 20th century brought the right to vote, desegregation, America has its first Black President, and recognition of other rights for equality for Blacks fought for by the American Civil Liberties Union, NAACP, and other organizations focused on rights and opportunity. At the same time, it seems very little has ...

The central character of Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman, is a washed-up, depressed, pessimistic man who always wanted to be bigger than he was. Completely miserable with his work, and disappointed with his family and himself, Willy projects his expectations for his family onto his son Biff. This has disastrous consequences for both his family and himself. Willy Loman kills himself in order to give something back to his son, Biff, because of the disastrous relationship that they had as a result of Willy's own failed sense of success.

Willy Loman, at the end of the play, commits suicide by crashing ...

Introduction

In this play of “Death of a salesman,” I will argue how Loman explored the American dream and all he thought reflected the attitude of the true life and dream of the middle class and other common people of America. Believe it or not, the beauty of life lies in commitment, honesty, true and simple living, integrity of character, and adherence to moral values. What matters ultimately in life is how honest one is to oneself. It hardly makes any difference how others perceive you or how you are to others. If one is true and honest to oneself ...

Explore the use of consumerism and the race with the junkyard in Willy’s destruction in Death of a Salesman. How do various things – the Studebaker, the refrigerator – become symbols, and what do they symbolize? In the first flashback into the past, once Willy has returned from a selling trip and spoken to Biff and Happy, he and Linda discuss their finances. It turns out that the refrigerator needs a repair – the fan belt has broken. The washing machine and the vacuum cleaner also need repairs or perhaps they have been bought on credit: either way the point is clear – Willy ...

The American Dream lured wave after wave of immigration, primarily from Europe, in the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. This dream taught that if you came to America and worked hard enough, you would succeed. There was enough room, enough of a market, enough hope, and enough freedom for everyone who came to the United States to do well. This dream enticed so many people to come to the country from overseas that the government decided to put quotas in place to limit the number of immigrants from each country in the years before World ...