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Exposition Address both tell a story of men striving to achieve the American dream. In The Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman strives to make it rich by being a salesman. We are never told what Mr. Loman is selling and maybe this is so all individuals will relate to him. He wants to become rich and successful; however he has one big problem standing in the way of his dream. He is not good at selling. Willy is struggling to pay…

where the male protagonists’ ambitions of being well admired and having power can be too much for one man to overcome and eventually leads to both protagonists’ journey towards their self-destruction. These two plays explore the two different lives of Willy Loman, a striving businessman, and Macbeth, a Scottish Nobleman, who struggles with the challenge of achieving their ambitions because of how they are blind to see the reality of things. Macbeth’s and Willy’s ambitions not…

Ben’s story of success is always told the same way: he “Walked into a jungle, and comes out, the age of twenty-one, and he's rich!”( ). Willy sees success as something that will come naturally to those with personality and popularity without much grit; however, that is not the case at all. Ben’s story is a representation that the American dream is very much taking a shot in the dark, working…

constructed the dream to achieve the American dream never died, it just moved from one generations to generations evolving and adapting. As shown in ‘Of Mice and Men’ (1937) and ‘Death of a salesman’ (1949) the dreams they have is to own a property both Willy, Lennie and George and making money. Furthermore the novella and the play were written during 1930s and 50s the dream was different back then but these days the dream is personal freedom soon this will change as the dream evolves with the…

happiness in their lives is. In the play “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller the readers observe a life without the happiness and consequences of living the life in never ending pursuit of ghostly wealth trying to achieve their American Dream. Willy Loman, the main character of the play, in marathon of wealth and recognition in society, is ruining the lives of his…

A need for distance and separation is emphasized, such as Stanley wanting to play poker or go bowling with his clique or Willy continuously traveling for work and having an affair on his wife because at home he wasn’t receiving the attention that he yearned for. As well as similar living arrangements, the 1940’s was the setting for Death of a Salesman and A Streetcar Named…

In Arthur Miller's the Death of a Salesman, the relationship between Willy Loman and Biff Loman shows the positive impact that the father can have on his son’s life. In the play, when Willy’s mind flashes back to when his sons were still in high school, he sees a time when he had a positive influence on both his sons. When he comes back from one of his trips to watch Biff’s football game, Biff tells him, “This Saturday, Pop, this Saturday—just for you, I’m going to break through for a…

development of a person’s personality, due to its high accuracy. The fiery conflicts between Biff and Willy call the need for a mediator, a role…

you made for yourself” (Kazan 198). “…To me, the tragedy of Willy Loman is that he gave his life, or sold it, in order to justify the waste of it” (miller 14). Arthur Miller’s first version of Death of a Salesman was a short story which he wrote in his seventeen, Miller in his own words said that this story based on a real man who thrown himself under a train, after that Miller in his autobiography admit that he found the inspiration of Willy Loman character in his uncle Manny Newman, a…

Willy betrayed his family and the love his wife had for him and eloping with the mistress led to his downfall. Willy constantly pushed his family to be successful and this makes him crazy. Willy constantly talks of his son’s achievement and pushes him to be the best. But as the story progresses, Biff feels that, his father betrayed him by what he used to tell him about success. On the other hand, Willy feels betrayed by his son Biff’s incapability to…