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…and not education. This belief that personal attractiveness makes one successful is shot down by the success of Charley and Bernard who, in Willy’s mind, are not personally attractive. Furthermore it is when Willy realizes that for him, death is the way to gain…

…Throughout the play, “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller, the characters of Willy and Biff have a complex relationship. As the play shifts from past to present time, we see an obvious difference between the relationship of Biff and Willy. We…

…Life of Willy Loman In the play ¡§The Death of a Salesman¡¨ the main character of the play is Willy Loman. Willy Loman is a salesman and he thinks that being a salesman is the great achievement of his life. Even when he got fired from the job he…

…The book Death of a Salesman is all about the American Dream. However, some take the American Dream a little too far, and that’s all they want in life. Willy took this a little too far. He had a false sense of importance in the world. When you do…

…Death of a Salesman, the use of motifs, or reoccurring events, such as the silk stockings, Biff’s compulsive stealing, and the idea of being well liked show the Loman families false standards in life that lead to their failures. The silk stockings…

…In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman’s life seems to be slowly deteriorating. It is clear that Willy’s predicament is of his own doing, and that his own foolish pride and ignorance lead to his downfall. Willy’s self-destruction…

…Hiding from Reality In the play, Death of a Salesman, written by Arthur Miller, different problems arise in the Loman family. It seems as if Willy can never tell the truth about his family’s situations. His problem with lying to himself and his…

…place it can possibly lead in our time --- the heart and spirit of the average man.” In Miller’s play Death of a Salesman the main character Willy Loman refuses to believe that he is an average man, this is proved by the way he views his job…

…A common idea presented in literature is the issue of the freedom of the individual in opposition to the controlling pressures of society. Willy Loman, the main character in Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller, epitomizes this type of person; one who…

…instinct to flush out foreign objects causes victim to vomit their own internal organs. Moments before death the victim's eye s shrivel up like sun-baked raisons. This nuclear holocaust claims billions of lives. Both countries literally glow like…