1. The Effect of Consumerism in Arthur Miller's Death of a sale
... Death of a Salesman- captures a life full of struggle and disappointment for an aging salesman. According to Michael Spindler "At the time of this play selling became a pervasive activity, some 38 percent of whom were mobile salesmen- (202). In Act I, Willy Loman is a Sixty-year-old salesman who returns home one night from a sales trip, unable to concentrate on ... its failure, the image of Ben haunts him with the possibility of what he might have been. Willy's emphasis on being well liked and his dependence on others approval distinguished him as a character for his time. He trained him...
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