Pulitzer Prize for Drama

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…

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…

In the play Our Town, Thorton Wilder conveys a theme of the importance of companionship. Wilder conveys this theme using elements of the story in its progression. One element Wilder utilizes to develop the importance of companionship is the relationship between two of the characters of the play, Emily Webb and George Gibbs. In Our Town, Wilder frequently develops the importance of companionship using the relationship of the characters Emily Webb and George Gibbs, particularly in the first and…

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…

Continually literature and society combine to make a statement about events transpired in the news. Authors such as Arthur Miller of Death of a Salesman and August Wilson of Fences use platforms such as plays to display a lack of reality and common sense present in their days. Both plays above inconspicuously use the Maxson brothers in Fences and the Loman brothers in Death of a Salesman to convey a truth in the underlying of society. With the brothers both authors elaborate on each brother in…

“People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they’re all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error” (Florence King). The Death of a Salesman written by Arthur Miller is a play; set in the late 1940’s, surrounding the tormenting life of the salesman, Willy Loman, who faces disappointment, abandonment and the anticipation of the American Dream. His only real friend is Charley, who owns a…

The movie Big Fish was written by Daniel Wallace and John August and directed by Tim Burton. This film tells the tale of father and son and their struggle to make amends from earlier events in their life. Will, the son, is upset with his father, Edward, because he is unable to establish which of his famous stories are fantasy and which are a reality. Nearing the end of the movie Will discovers that sometimes it does not always matter what is real or fake as long as the intentions behind it have…

Fred Ribkoff's article, Shame, Guilt, Empathy, and the search for Identity In Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, critically analyzes the relation between guilt, shame, and identity through the main characters, Willy and Biff. Ribkoff states that in order to understand the tragedy and crisis within the Loman household, the relation between willy and biff's shame and guilt must be understood. Ribkoff fails to understand the true meaning of Biff's wrongful acts, stating that he feels shame and…

The Kingdom of Matthias unfolds the story of how two individuals in New York are transformed by the Market Revolution and the Second Great Awakening. The novel demonstrates how Robert Matthews and Elijah Pierson experience these two important social and economic movements. In the early 19th century the Market revolution marked as a huge movement of expansion in New York. Abandoning his traditions and hometown, Elijah Pierson travels to New York as young boy seeking for a new personal wealth.…

During the play, an important discussion between Biff, Linda, and Happy occurs regarding the paternal alpha figure in the play, Willy. Prior to this discussion Willy displays himself as a hardworking, forgetful, and prided man. These traits begin to contradict each other which lead to this discussion about how Biff feels towards his father. There are many underlying factors that lead to why Willy has created this gossip between his kin, the concealment of the truth, and the solitude of Biff’s…