Throughout the years many have tried to analyze and interpret Arthur Miller’s character Willy in the novel Death of a salesman‚ attempting to establish his real influences and manipulation of the plot and fellow character’s outcome. After my studying of the novel I have come to the conclusion that Willy’s character is both a victimizer and a victim. Willy’s action influences his family’s lives in various ways such as brainwashing his son Happy into pursuing his competitive and destructive desire
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Willy should be considered a tragic hero. Throughout the book‚ The Death of a Salesman‚ we see how Willy’s character develops and how he is a tragic hero. Some may argue that he is not a tragic hero because he is not a good father due to his excessive pride‚ but this can be overlooked since Arthur Miller‚ the author of the play‚ even supports the fact that he is a tragic hero. Furthermore‚ the flashbacks willy sees show that he does indeed wants to be a good father which means that he is a tragic
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Academic Year 2013-2014 Scholarship of Entrepreneurial Engagement Program General Format Business Plan Template Entrepreneurial Business Plan Cover Title Page Plan name: Plan category: (Please indicate the category that most clearly describes your plan) Business plan based on an original product‚ service or concept idea: ____ Business plan utilizing an existing product‚ service or concept idea: ____ Philanthropic business plan based on a charitable or philanthropic
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examples of tragic heroes and heroines are from the many works of Shakespear. In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ Willy Loman‚ the tragic hero‚ has so many flaws that end up in suicide before he has a chance to resolve them. To begin with‚ one of Willy’s biggest tragic flaws is his failure of being a good father. And does not hold a rightful position in his family. Willy is not a good father for many reasons. He always made his job his first priority. Willy’s travels
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What Mr. Wonka ask to remind him? Answer: To remind him to call up his ear doctor the moment they get back. (p.3) 2. What Grandma Josephine thinks about Mr. Wonka? Answer: That he is cracked and that she doesn’t trust him. (p.3) 3. Why do they need to go the higher in the elevator? Answer: The higher they are when they start coming down‚ the faster they will be going when they hit. (p.4) 4. Even though the view is beautiful in the glass elevator. What is the disadvantage in the glass elevator
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Throughout history‚ different time frames had issues‚ and Willy Loman endured much distress due to the war. Willy Loman was always short of cash‚ but there was always Charley‚ Willy’s next door neighbor to bail him out by assisting him. Although Willy may be the blame for some of his misfortunes‚ his wife certainly did not help him to matters better for him. There will always be someone to blame for one’s social and cultural environment. I do not think Willy is completely responsible for what became of him
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about tragedy and happiness. Willy Loman‚ the main character is a very charismatic person‚ he has bursts of happiness and bursts of anger and sadness. His two sons Biff and Happy contribute to his mood in many different aspects‚ we start to see how relationships mold and how they fall. Through Willy’s actions the reader can see Willy is a chronic liar throughout the story. Willy loman starts off this book with a great attitude and sense of direction. Page 21 Willy comes back from a business
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an ordinary salesman who has the dream of becoming both rich and popular. The Ancient Greek defines a tragic hero as a superb character of noble birth within a tragedy whose downfall eventually leads to his hamartia (Donovan‚ n.d.). In this case‚ Willy is not a great man and thus does not fit into the classic definition of a tragic hero. Considered as an ordinary man‚ Willy’s fall is attributed to hamartia‚ which is in line with the Aristotle view of a tragic hero. Aristotle also asserts that
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The Tragic Downfall of Willy Loman According to Aristotle‚ a tragic character is not a good man who fails‚ nor an evil man who rises to opulence. A tragic character is in fact somewhere in between the two extremities someone who is not necessarily unsurpassed in virtue and veracity‚ but also not culpable of debauchery and decadence. A tragic character has simply made "mistake‚" however a fatal one‚ that causes his demise (Esch). Arthur Miller describes a tragic flaw as "a failing that is
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David Lobeck Mr. Howieson Honors American Literature April 16‚ 2011 Willy Loman & the American Dream “...There are two versions of the American Dream‚” according to Harold Clurman(132). The authentic dream from the very beginning of America was of freedom and equal opportunity. Achievement‚ itself‚ is all the dream requires. The awry dream of vocational success came about during the Post-Civil War period. The basis of this dream for successfulness was that of business ingenuity‚ perseverance
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