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confronting, exciting or transformative. In class we have studied the play ‘Educating Rita’ by Willy Russell and the feature article ‘The REAL Sarah Harris’ to provide us with examples of individuals that experience transitions that provide them with growth and change. These transitions allow the individuals to move to a better chapter in life giving them an improved attitude towards the world and themselves. In Willy Russell’s play ‘Educating Rita’, we as an audience follow the journey that the…

character in the play is the titular salesman, Willy Loman. Willy sole view of the measure of a person is their success, and their success is determined by how well liked they are. Willy also has an exaggerated opinion of his sons, specifically Biff. These exaggerated opinions and his fractured view of success lead him to become a depressed, and crazed man. Despite how he is painted as a despicable person, many audiences still have empathy for Willy. Because of Willy’s interactions with other…

1. The American Dream - Willy longs for the approval of others and also wants to appear personally attractive to all those around him. Although Willy’s likability is very superficial, he believes that a man who is personally liked and attractive will be handed all of the luxuries associated with the perfect American life. However, Willy’s blind faith in his warped version of the American dream leads to his rapid psychological decline, as he is not able to accept the fact that he is not living…

Biff professes, "Pop! I'm a dime a dozen, and so are you!" This aggravates Willy, who protests, "I am not a dime a dozen! I am Willy Loman, and you are Biff Loman!" (Miller PAGE #) Willy Loman was just an ordinary man; in an extraordinary tragedy. In his mind, he believed that he was a rare, unique individual; when in reality, we was just an average man. Throughout death of a salesman there are many different motifs. A motif is a recurring subject, theme, idea, or phrase; motifs are very common…

The main character, Willy Loman, struggles to become a successful salesman. He’s trying to make himself feel better by lie to his family and himself. He holds onto a strong belief in the American dream. Willy cannot face the reality and begins to daydream how to success. Although he gets fired by his boss, Willy never seems to give up on his dream, and refuse to accept a job that Howard offered to him in order to retain his pride. In this play, Miller creates a character in Willy, whose…

Educating Rita “Transitions into new phases of life can affect perceptions of individuals and society” “Educating Rita” a play by Willy Russell composer and play write explores how transitions are revealed through the change of perceptions of individuals and society through the two protagonists Frank and Rita. In conjunction with “Then and Now” a poem by Aboriginal activist and poet Oodergeroo Noonuccal, explores the impact of the assimilation policy on aboriginal culture. Through…

window” . The entire idea of Frank’s office as a metaphor. This represents the world of academia and the outside can symbolise the upper class culture, therefore, the only way between the two is Frank’s office, in fact the idea of the “window” used by Willy Russell to show a new opportunity for both of the protagonists. Rita brings with her a "small can of oil" which she uses to allow the door to open effortlessly; this is ironic because she is trying to making her conversion smooth. The idea…

written by Arthur Miller, in 1949. Willy Loman failed to recognize his own shortcomings. He felt as if he was boxed in, in what used to be an open spacious area to live.“The way they boxed us in here. Bricks and windows, windows and bricks” (Miller 17). The neighborhood had grew and been built-up, while he still had a small modest home. Willy Loman had several other shortcomings about himself such as when thought of himself as being the top salesman around town. Willy Loman has been a traveling…

like they could not guide their family members to start their life in a good direction. As willy Loman getting older it's time to push few family responsibilities to his son Biff because Linda has no ability to help Willy at that generation. But willy doesn’t like to because biff has a such a horrible life that he can not rely on him. As biff couldn’t reach willy’s expectation of him becoming a businessman willy decided to commit suicide and give Biff a new start of his life. “Death of Salesman”…

Willy Loman: Willy Loman is a salesman that is a devout believer in the American Dream his whole life, but despite his obsession with this dream, he has never achieved it, negatively affecting all of his family and friends. Willy’s failure to realize his personal failure and selfishness has created a disillusion of the world, partially leading to Happy’s similar inability to realize their miserable realities. Willy’s state seems to allow his older son, Biff, acknowledge his own failure and…