The Energetic Salesman 1. Backgrounds factors Keith Swanson graduated from a prestigious university that was considered as one of the best business school in the country. He was really good student‚ his school average of the marks was B+. He was focused on studying the marketing and finance. Although he had good results in the school‚ he was active in many other fields. For example Keith was the member of the university golf team‚ he was active in intramural sports and he was a vice-president
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Though Linda appears to be just an average 1950’s American housewife in Act one of Death of a Salesman‚ she is actually an important character as she represents reality‚ as opposed to Willy living in the past‚ and is the most level-headed character in the whole play. Throughout act one‚ both in Willy’s dreams and in the present‚ Linda acts as Willy’s sole source of motivation. She is always complementing him‚ "you’re the handsomest man in the world." She encourages him in his work‚ assuring him
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THE CAR SALESMAN It’s hot‚ Too damn hot to be in this cheep suit‚ he thinks to himself as he leans against the large glass window‚ pulling out another Marlboro Red. Its Saturday‚ a day that usually means a lot of potential buyers. But in Charleston‚ SC‚ in mid July‚ it just means the hottest day of the year. Adam puts the smoke between his lips and looks through the window inside the dealership at the brand new Camaro. Wishing he could afford one he thinks about the engagement ring hidden under
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Emily Dickinson wrote several poems about death. Because I could not stop for death published in1890 is one of her famous poems. Dickinson loss many people close to her during her life. The people close to Dickinson had a big influence on her poetry. A look into Emily Dickinson’s life one will better understand the imagery and tone in her poem Because I could not stop for death. Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst‚ Massachusetts in 1830. Dickinson attended Maint Holyoke female seminary in South
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Death of a Salesman Isolated Detail Arthur Miller’s Death of a salesman uses Biff’s trophy to symbolize Willy’s paternal downfall. The trophy’s placement and history and Biff’s passionate remarks respectively prove the claim. Arthur Miller uses the trophy’s placement and history to illustrate it as a symbolism for Willy’s paternal downfall. Although trophies typically flaunt success and victory‚ this trophy ironically epitomizes Willy’s downfallen paternal relationship. Biff’s “athletic” (football)
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melancholy and regretful tone at times. Sometimes you do get a lighter tone that’s happier. Several things really make you get a sense of the tone in the story. These things are diction‚ imagery‚ and syntax. From the very first paragraph‚ the imagery in the story really gives you the melancholy feeling of death and sadness. The “rotting brown magnolia petals” and the “graveyard flowers” that spoke “softly the names of our dead” paint a vivid picture in your head of death. In this story a lot
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The American Dream "Death of a Salesman"‚ by Arthur Miller‚ illustrates and personifies the idea of achieving eternal happiness through the pursuit of the American Dream. The American Dream meant the idea that anyone could become a success no matter what they started with. You did whatever it took to become successful in the business world. According to the theory‚ all you needed was to be hard-working‚ have perseverance‚ and show some personality. It was believed that the only thing that you
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2013 Tones of Love Poems Pablo Neruda and Billy Collins both wrote poems about love; however‚ they each create individual tones through literary devices and relations. Neruda employs imagery and uses similarities between the speaker and his lover to create a serious tone‚ while Collins instead creates a satirical tone using metaphors and separating the narrator from his beloved. In “XVII‚” Neruda employs imagery such as words like “dark‚” “secret‚” “soul‚” and “shadow” to create a tone that demonstrates
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Unit 1 Key Question Throughout Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ Willy Loman tended to victimize virtually everyone he came in contact with. He hurt others perpetually throughout this play for a variety of different reasons. One of his key targets was his wife Linda. From verbal to finical‚ Willy Loman abused his wife Linda. His son Biff was also a prime target of his abuse. His abuse towards his son was subtle at times‚ and not so subtle others. Biff wasn’t the only son to encounter abuse his
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In Hamlet by William Shakespeare there are many tone shifts in the first act. In Act 1 Horatio tells Marcellus and Barnardo why they are in constant preparation and says “In the most high and palmy state of Rome‚ A little ere the mightiest Julius fell‚ The graves stood tenantless…” (I.i.124-127) This shows a tone of caution and fear‚ many is worried about an invasion. In the second scene the Queen and King questions Hamlet about why is he still grieving and he says “That can denote me truly. These
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