... get Willy to see his son and himself and face the truth, but by this time, it is too late. One of Willy's last words to Ben is "that boy is going to be magnificent!" He hadn't heard a word Biff just said! He always harps on the glorious past as a popular, ... down his life to secure his dream that makes Willy a tragic yet heroic figure and one to whom, in Linda's words, ``attention must be finally paid''. Ben's final mantra ""The jungle is dark, but full of diamonds" "turns Willy's suicide into a metaphorical moral struggle, a final skewed ambition to ... realise his full commercial and...

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... his sons will become wealthy and that he will be a successful salesman. Willy in his dreams of his father and his brother Ben, admires the way people become pioneers. We have to remember that Ben is only seen in Willy's mind, everything that Ben does or says is seen through the eyes of Willy. Willy wants to become successful easily like his brother ... Ben did. Willy dreams of owning his own business, "Someday I'll have my own business, and I'll never have to leave home anymore." Ben strayed into Africa on his way to Alaska, "I walked into the jungle when I was seventeen- I walked out w...

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... his sons will become wealthy and that he will be a successful salesman. Willy in his dreams of his father and his brother Ben, admires the way people become pioneers. We have to remember that Ben is only seen in Willy's mind, everything that Ben does or says is seen through the eyes of Willy. Willy wants to become successful easily like his brother ... Ben did. Willy dreams of owning his own business, "Someday I'll have my own business, and I'll never have to leave home anymore." Ben strayed into Africa on his way to Alaska, "I walked into the jungle when I was seventeen- I walked out w...

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... Willie Loman's emotional and mental state deterioration at a startling rate. As is explained in the background detail of Willie, Willie's father leaves Willie and his brother Ben, at a young age, leaving Willie no money to take care of him self, also Willie being of such a young age has no memories of his ... father. This is the cause for Willie's deep seated fears and feelings of desertion. These fears exacerbate when Ben, Willie's only relative becomes wealthy through a business in Africa. Willie never quite recovers from the pains caused by these earlier experiences, thus his feelings...

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... will be massive! They"ll come from Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire! Rode Island, New York, New Jersey- I am known, Ben, and he"ll see it with his eyes once and for all. He"ll see what I am Ben! He's in for a shock, that boy"(Miller 1515)! This was a foreshadow of what Willy's life would come to. Willy questions of his ... Willy with greed, and the desire to be better than the next man. The only person from the Loman family to make something of himself was Ben. Willy tells his sons "this is your Uncle Ben, a great man"(Miller 1476)! He walked into the jungle when he was ...

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... funeral will be massive! They will come from Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire! Rode Island, New York, New Jersey- I am known, Ben, and he"ll see it with his eyes once and for all. He"ll see what I am Ben! He's in for a shock, that boy!" (Miller 1515) This was a foreshadow of what Willy's life would come to. Willy questions of ... Willy with greed, and the desire to be better than the next man. The only person from the Loman family to make something of himself was Ben. Willy tells his sons "this is your Uncle Ben, a great man! He walked into the jungle when he was sevente...

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... develop the play. The American West, Alaska, and the African Jungle represent the potential to be successful to Biff and Willy. Willy's father became successful in Alaska and his brother, Ben, became very wealthy in Africa. This shapes Willy's obsession with the commercial world and the city that has trapped him in an unpleasant reality. Alaska and the jungles of Africa ... his home. Diamonds represent wealth to Willy because they validate life and the ability to pass materials on to your loved ones. Diamonds symbolize Willy's failure as a salesman. His brother Ben made a fortune off of...

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... of the American Dream in Death of a Salesman. One can be found on page 32 when the principal charachter Willy Loman expresses his jealousy towards the successes of his brother Ben. Ben knew what he wanted, Willy says. He started with the clothes on his back, walked into the jungle and came out enormously rich at the age of twenty-one owning ... : "That man was a genius, that man was success incarnate!" Another example of a man's success, and therefore also of the American Dream, is found on page 38. Willy's imaginary memory of Ben describes their father as a great inventor who travelled ...

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... the American Dream either. His views on capitalism are extremely apparent, but his depicture and evolution of Biff's character encourage people to follow their dreams to be successful. Willy's brother Ben followed his heart and found adventure, happiness and success, "diamonds" to be specific, which is very figurative of wealth. Willy always regretted not taking that chance, and the flashbacks to ... Ben's conversations reflect how close he came to taking that opportunity to go to Alaska . The stoop of their house was symbolic of Willy's successes, as well as the other household ... ...

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... the American Dream either. His views on capitalism are extremely apparent, but his depicture and evolution of Biff's character encourage people to follow their dreams to be successful. Willy's brother Ben followed his heart and found adventure, happiness and success, "diamonds" to be specific, which is very figurative of wealth. Willy always regretted not taking that chance, and the flashbacks to ... Ben's conversations reflect how close he came to taking that opportunity to go to Alaska . The stoop of their house was symbolic of Willy's successes, as well as the other household ... ...

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... he is fine and doesn't need the money, but Charlie knows he does and gives it to him unwillingly. One of Willy's recurring flashbacks is that of his dead brother, Ben. He had been a very successful man by investing / discovering diamond mines in Africa and Willy is mesmerized by tales of "striking it rich ... ". Ben offered Willy a chance to come with him. However, Willy refused due to the fact that he felt he could be as successful. Therefore he stayed in the states to start a ... ...

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... will act as if everything is sound. He will not admit that he and his family have substantial difficulties. Whenever Willie's world begins to crumble before him, he envisions Big Ben's capitalist success in Africa, when he "walked into the jungle", and when he walked out he was rich. Willie always wanted to be like the big fake ... Ben is, but never succeeded. However, constantly denying truths of life, and masking distress is not a solution. Although Willie always seemed to maintain a positive attitude, his soul is devastated. After a lifetime ... ...

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... . 11) Miller descripts the disgrace Willy shows towards Biff for not finding himself. When all Biff wants to be is someone different, someone unique to the morals of Willy Loman. Ben Loman is a character that tries to break away from the 'Willy code' and find himself and what he believes in. The character of Willy draws from the fact that ... ...

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... a career, having too much pride to admit that his own destiny was in a simple career like a carpenter. Wearing a white collar then a blue one. Instead he looked up to his bother Ben, a figment of his imagination who told him that money was the true path to happiness. Now out of options, he decides that suicide is his only exit, so his family ... ...

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... the American dream of effortless success, fame, and fortune. The people in his life seem to have accomplished much in their lives; therefore, Willy tends to ask advice from them. Ben, Willy's recently deceased older brother, is the wealthy and most significant idol in the salesman's life. The family's neighbor, Charley, is a very successful man who owns a business, and his son ... ...

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... understand the tragedy of the play. Willy has his own beliefs and ways of doing things just lie any "common man" "a man can't go out the way he came in, Ben, a man has got to add up to something" ...

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... and decisive choice to live in his past. Several times throughout the play we find Willy drifting back to events that occurred many years ago such as his conversations with Ben, Linda's stockings and Biff flunking his math exam. The act of escaping reality and living in the past is often considered a normal psychological end for a person who lives under a lot ... ...

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