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    When one achieves wealth and happiness‚ they’re considered successful. In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Fences by August Wilson‚ both protagonists Willy Loman and Troy Maxson go through many trials and tribulations trying to achieve this wealth and happiness through the American Dream. These trials and tribulations not only allow the reader to identify the characters’ hubris‚ but also their bitter‚ inconsiderate personalities. Furthermore‚ it was not America holding these characters back

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    are more likely to occur to great trees‚ people with great power‚ than a clump of grass‚ common people. But when tragic heroes abuse their power‚ they become the cause of their own downfall‚ leading them to misfortune. In “Death of a Salesman‚” Willy Loman is portrayed as the tragic hero as he irrationally chases after the American Dream. In his quest to achieve his dream‚ he manipulates his family’s feelings towards him. Since he admires good looks and personality over intelligence‚ strives to strike

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    Salesman” a crisis between a salesman Willy Loman and his oldest son Biff comes to a realization of their identity. Although many Americans experience an identity crisis at some point in their lives‚ many times it may take years to figure out who they really want to be. Both Willy and Biff endeavor to figure out who they really are in the play “Death of a Salesman” however‚ they exploit separate methods of doing so with very unique outcomes. In the eyes of Willy the key to being successful in life

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    key to failure is trying to please everyone." Arthur Miller created a character who in many ways was directly related to the statement of that exact quote. Willy Loman was his name‚ selling was his game. All his life‚ Willy tried to achieve the "American Dream." Therefore‚ Willy had to do things in an American way and think like a capitalist. Willy was a hard worker‚ yet it seemed as though nothing ever went right for him. The American society and mental outlook were probably the two most influential

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    great playwright Arthur Miller ‚ portrays the "American Dream" which was long sought for a long time by many people around the world. America was and is the land of opportunity‚ and this opportunity is taken but not wisely by the protagonist Willy Loman. Willy is a man who is rather unmanly because of his weak and cowardly acts throughout the play‚ where he is surrounded by Linda his wife and his sons Biff and Happy. In a my opinion‚ this play is extremely well-written and it covers a large diversity

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    Arthur Miller‚ the character Willy Loman on the modern america‚ in the 1940’s as cars and appliances ar be made willy is constantly to maintain the best in family as he slowly starts to lose his mind in the world it’s clear that willy only cares about one thing is that it’s keeping up with the people around him. In the book Death of a Salesman Willy hallucinates about his brother and about his family in the past when they were doing so good with money. Willy Loman has a hard time between reality

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    The father-son relationship and betrayal between Jay Gatsby and his father‚ Mr. Gatz‚ was quite different compared to that of Biff and Willy Loman. However‚ both relationships improved immensely when each character realized the amount of love they actually had for the other. Jay Gatsby had reinvented himself as a wealthy person instead of poor. In Gatsby’s youth “his parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people--his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all‚” (Fitzgerald

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    Death Of a Salesman Arthur Miller does manage to engage our sympathies with Willy in the first act of the play to a certain extent. He does this in many ways such as using Willy’s speech‚ his troubled mind‚ the way other characters treat him and by using themes like the past. To begin with‚ Willy Loman seems like a normal‚ yet exhausted businessman. This is until he starts to contradict himself by saying of Biff that he’s “a lazy bum!” A few seconds later in the scene‚ his line is “There’s

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    Be liked and you will never want. You take me‚ for instance. I never have to wait in line to see a buyer. “Willy Loman is here!” That’s all they have to know‚ and I go right through! ( Death of a Salesman 1435. Act I) Willy gives seemingly sound advice but he also takes it as an opportunity to puff out his chest in bravado and say that he himself is well liked by everyone “never hav[ing] to wait in line to see

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    Death of A Salesman: Willy Loman - A Man With A Dream A common idea presented in literature is the issue of the freedom of the individual in opposition to the controlling pressures of society. Willy Loman‚ the main character in Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ epitomizes this type of person; one who looks to his peers and co-salesman as lesser individuals. Not only was he competitive and overbearing‚ but Willy Loman sought after an ideal that he could never become: the greatest salesman

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