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    most apparent demonstration of Arthur Millers misogyny was through the dialogue. One of numerous occasions the Loman men objectified women was while Happy and Biff are having a boorish conversation about a past girl they had both slept with‚ that was my first time I think. Boy‚ there was a pig! (Death of a Salesman‚ page 21) Pigs are known as foul and dirty ubiquitously throughout a variety of different cultures and religions. I vehemently cannot see a greater disrespect than associating this animal

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    Poem and Song #1: Never Give Up “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes is a well-known piece written during the Harlem Renaissance. In this poem‚ Hughes uses a mother-figure as a narrator. She is speaking to her son and telling him about her life. She has had a rough life but has persevered to this point and plans on continuing that. She tells her son to never give up and to keep going even when it’s hard. The overall tone of this poem is one of hope and perseverance. When Hughes’ narrator says

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    under the pain or persevere under the decades of mistreatment as written in his resilient toned poem‚ Mother to Son. The effectiveness of the poem is emphasized on the unresolved conflict of the long-postponed and frustrated dream of African Americans. This can be seen as‚ “five of the six answers to the opening questions are interrogative rather than declarative sentences.” As the whole poem is rhetorically structured‚ it questions the “white race” for their treatment of the African American but

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    Modern Tragedies deal with modern issues such as materialism‚ consumerism‚ procrastination and alienation. To what extent does Death of a Salesman show evidence of at least two of these issues‚ and how does Miller present them? Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’ is a modern tragedy; one that incorporates both the tragic genre presented in theatres for centuries as well as essences of the modern world we live in. Materialism is a modern phenomenon‚ something which possibly began due to the American

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    and tragedy that focuses on an everyday salesman‚ Willy Loman. Despite the story’s focus on Willy‚ it is his contact with other characters in the play that truly defines him. His interactions with his neighbor Charley‚ his brother Ben‚ and his own son Biff are what develop the character of Willy Loman. To begin with‚ Willy’s interactions with his neighbor and friend Charley define certain aspects of the character. As Charley witnesses the turmoil of Willy‚ he constantly offers him a better job.

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    In ‘Death of a Salesman’ written by Arthur Miller‚ Bernard is shown as a tremendously memorable character. Throughout the play‚ his contradictions to Biff‚ poor judgments of him and his parent- like personality are well presented. By using the character‚ Miller tries to convey the moral messages and develops an attention grabbing plot First‚ Bernard’s contradictory character compared to Biff‚ makes him memorable. Bernard is literally everything that Biff is not. Biff is a high school football

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    dialect. The way the play is written makes the reader read it with an American/Italian accent. For example Arthur Miller has swapped words like ‘you’ for ‘yiz’ in the sentence ‘ill see yiz later’ or abbreviates words in the appropriate places for example ‘my mother’ll know her’ This shows the actor how to speak in a casual working class American/Italian accent and get into character better. As A View from the Bridge is a play there are stage directions. These are another way of showing how Eddie is feeling

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    Alfieri tells the audience ‘Justice is very important here.’ How does Arthur Miller show the importance of Justice in the play? By stating in his opening speech of the play ‘Justice is very important here‚’ Alfieri opens the audiences minds to relate justice back to all the events in the book that occur. Throughout the play Arthur Miller shows the importance of justice mainly through Eddie and Marco’s behavior‚ building up to Eddies tragic death. Through Alfieri’s first speech‚ Miller allows

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    The “American Dream” is based on the “Declaration of Independence”: “We believe that all men are born with these inalienable rights - life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” (Thomas Jefferson‚ 1776). This “dream” consists of a genuine and determined belief that in America‚ all things are possible to all men‚ regardless of birth or wealth; if you work hard enough you will achieve anything. However‚ Miller believes that people have been “ultimately misguided” and Miller’s play‚ “Death of a Salesman”

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    [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | The book "All My Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence"‚ by Fox Butterfield focused on a real case about a young man named Willie Bosket who committed murder. This case is famous for many reasons‚ and the inmate who still resides in a New

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