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    Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman depicts the Loman's and all the family clashes they confronted. It's likewise obvious on a greater scale that this play is a social analysis. It touches every one of the issues brought on by riches and accomplishment in our way of life. Demise of a Salesman is more powerful as an impression of society and the issues it faces than as a delineation of family clashes. First, the play demonstrated how Willy Loman's yearning to be fruitful controlled his life and…

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    Workaholics Die Young In “The Company Man”, written by Ellen Goodman, she explains how someone can think that trying so hard to become rich and successful can make them the person they always wanted to be. In reality it can destroy the brain and make that person become a workaholic with no identity after work. Being in the work state of mind can be stressful and making it constant can be the result of not having an actual life. She gives us a well descriptive person named Phil, who is a…

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    Have you heard about Olga Kotelko, who became a successful, and acclaimed, track-and-field athlete, nonagenarian, at the age of 93? If not, then you'll be pleasantly surprised at the story that we are about to tell you. In fact, Olga's story ties into the debate on whether or not exercising changes the way your brain works, regardless of your age. All About Olga Kotelko Olga holds quite a few world records, plus hundreds of gold medals from masters events, which is incredibly surprising at…

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    Willy Loman is a weak and selfish character in the play of Death of a Salesman. As Willy changes and grows throughout the novel his family and friends are affected as well. Willys family, consisting of his wife Linda and sons Biff and Happy, show a continuous cycle of denial and neglect. The character Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is not an example of a tragic hero. The salesman, Willy Loman, does not suffer more than he deserves. Willy deserves what is given to him. He did…

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    American playwright Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman follows the self-induced misery inflicted upon a tired, traveling salesman, Willy Loman. The play opens up on New Yorkers, Willy, his wife Linda, and their two adult sons, Biff and Happy, who are visiting under the pretense of Biff coming in from the west. Biff does not seem to get much praise from his move. In fact, immediately after he steps off of the train, his father asks him about his financial welfare out on the farm he works.…

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    Mary's Murder Theories

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    Mary's murder is one of the most popular unsolved murder cases of all time. Why? Well because no one could ever figure out who did it. Three years before Mary’s death she disappeared, then later returned to work at a local cigar store, which is where she picked up the name “cigar girl”, there she was seen as very attractive by men that came in and out of her store, but no one thought anything of it at the time. A gang of thugs and Daniel Payne are two theories linked to the mysterious death of…

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    And so, each night Marilyn Monroe was left alone in her bedroom, the tone of a dead line resounding in her ears. Falling into a slouch, she’d glance down at the phone cradled in her porcelain fingers, then let out a soft sigh of disappointment, tenderly placing it onto the receiver. Maybe she’d try again tomorrow, but deep down she knew her attempts were hopelessly futile. Just as futile as trying to get up out of bed and face a new day. She didn’t want a new day. She wanted a new life. Towards…

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    Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, gives us an insight on the life of someone who was deceived by the American Dream. Willy loman, a salesman, allowed himself to be consumed by this misleading pursuit of success. His consistent devotion to this flawed dream ultimately took a toll on Willy’s mental health, incapacitating his ability to accept his past. Willy Loman is a salesman with many years of experience and raised two sons with his very supportive wife Linda. Linda understands how…

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    Willy's Flaws

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    One’s own flaws can easily lead to a fatal outcome. The tragedy Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller follows the protagonist Willy Loman’s struggles in trying to maintain his job as a salesman and resolve his unstable relationship with his wife and sons. Miller reveals how Aristotle’s Tragic Hero is applied to the common by using Willy Loman as a model. Willy was once respected as a successful salesman but lost this due to his flaws: his excessive arrogance and his inability to realize his lack…

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    Shockingly, the Salesman Dies: On Character, Circumstance, and Audience Perceptions in Death of a Salesman and A Raisin in the Sun Both A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller capture families at points of conflict, both among themselves, and with the societies they inhabit. In the case of Miller’s play, the Loman family is in financial despair due to the deceit of their family patriarch, Willy. Comparatively, Hansberry portrays the Younger family who…

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