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Having fame can get to a person and make them forget what really matters in your lifetime. Audrey Hepburn, even though she was a very popular person, she never lost her heart. Hepburn is one of the most influential people from the last 1000 years because of her talent, her contribution to charity, and her elegance. Besides Audreys beautiful face, she was very talented in the work she played in. Hepburn won over 30 awards and got over 25 nominations. She also was named #3 on the "American Flim…

The tragic story of Willy Loman and his ultimate demise show how a person’s obsession with wealth and popularity can keep you away from achieving true happiness. The exhilarating roller coaster ride Death of a Salesman is a story based in 1950’s New York that is focused on a middle-aged man that travels throughout New England selling merchandise. Although his job may sound boring, it is his family life and his flashbacks that occur often throughout the play that keep the reader interested. The…

The American dream for any person has always been based on freedom, equality, control over one’s destiny and pursuit of one’s dream. Freedom and hard work will lead you to prosperity. In Death of a salesman, every character has different dreams that they want to achieve. Ben goes off to Alaska and Africa and luck into wealth by finding a diamond mine. Willy Loman’s dream is influenced by Ben’s success. He thinks if any man is good looking, charismatic and well liked deserves success and will…

Audrey Hepburn Bio (Rough Draft) Audrey Hepburn was able to tell a story when she was acting, she made you believe that every story was hers. She was a talented performer known for her beauty, elegance, and grace. Audrey made her stage debut in the musical High Button Shoes in London. She didn’t stay on the stage for much longer. Audrey once said “Everything I learned I learned from the movies”. She then turned around and began making her own movies to teach people the pros and cons of life.…

In his article “Family Values in Death of a Salesman,” Steven R. Centola, a deceased Professor of English at Millersville University, explains how the play Death of a Salesman is a tragedy that focuses on the social and psychological concerns within Willy Lowman. Through Willy’s bizarre behavior one can see the different aspects that divide him apart. Centola explains how the characters of the play each symbolize different aspects within Willy himself. They each are trying to voice their opinion…

Having high hopes on ourselves often wears us down and puts ourselves in a state of depression when we aren’t able to fulfil our own expectations. “Death of a Salesman”, by Arthur Miller is a play that I would focus on psychological criticism because of the problems the main character, Willy Loman, faces and how he is blinded by it all. All of the characters in the play seems to have self-doubt and do not really know what they are searching for. The main cause of Willy’s problem is his desire to…

In his essay, Shame, Guilt, Empathy, and the Search for Identity in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, Fred Ribkoff describes how the play, Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, “dramatizes the way in which feelings of shame shape an individual’s sense of identity” (Ribkoff 121). The play’s protagonist, Willy Loman, has a distorted sense of himself. His true sense of identity is buried under many layers of denial and fanciful lies. Willy is aware of his shortcomings, yet due to the shame that…

“Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller details the last two days of William ‘Willy” Loman, a sixty-three year old salesman’s life. The plays shows Willy’s private conversations about his past and present, which all lead up to him eventually committing suicide. Willy Loman’s life philosophy would be best summed in a quote by Calvin Coolidge, a former president of the United States, “The chief business of the American people is business.” Willy took pride in being a salesman and earning a name…

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller seeks to address the loss of identity as well as the inability of a man to embrace change within society. The play addresses some of the challenges and problems facing society and the people through dreams, arguments, confrontations, and a montage of memories (Sterling 98). Lowman family is at the center of all events and actions in the play. Willy Lowman’s suicide and ultimate burial mark the end of the play Death of a Salesman. The author uses the Lowman…

Jace Moezinia Professor Israel English 120 15 December 2015 Arthur Miller is the playwright of Death of a Salesman. Miller uses the text as a means to convey a message: success in society is based off of materialistic values such as money. Willy Loman, a salesman, bases his view of success off what society deems is successful. According to Willy, society believes, success is based off the amount of money a person has and being “well liked.” He is constantly judging the people around him and…