... . Another side is the materialistic element, which states that the American Dream is solely based on getting rich, the "rags to riches" ideal. This is echoed through Miller's use of Willy Loman, who is determined to turn his and his sons, lives around, and is also depicted in Jay Gatsby, who has achieved the Dream materialistically. In this essay I am going to portray the ... The colour "blue" denotes a suggestion of magic, whilst the simile shows people are drawn to his beautiful life of fun and riches. Willy Loman conversely, represents failure. He has depleted his entire existence tr...

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... derived from the other two. The play centers around the struggle for the American dream of Willy Loman who is a simple salesman whose career has diminished and financially struggling. He dreams of himself and his family of obtaining the American dream. He is obsessed with the idea of "easy success-, instilled by his brother Ben when he becomes wealthy after finding a diamond mine in ... 76). He decides to invest his dreams into his son Biff who has failed at every job or opportunity because his lack of ambition and illegal behavior. But after Biff has a revelation that he has always bee...

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