... battle with himself plays a large part in his eventual downfall. Throughout Willy's life, he masks what he really is with what he wants to be. Willy feels the need to be something he can never be and from this struggle, he becomes uncontrollable and insane. Because Willy lost touch with who he really was, he lost ... his grasp of things in general. At the age of 63, Willy believed he was still popular, respected, and good-looking. However, he was none of these things; he was looking through a dream. All ... than he could possibly be. Willy was always worried about what others thought of ...

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... represents failure. He has depleted his entire existence trying to accomplish his dreams, which leads to his despondency and collapse. Conversely his life implies that the Dream is flawed as a lifetime of hard work has not brought financial security; "I"m keeping an account of everything, remember. I"ll pay you ... bought him for. Whilst he is playing cards with Charley, Willy immerses himself in a conversation with Ben, his deceased brother who represents the glory of achieving the American Dream; and begins to confuse himself, but then realises that he has been talking to himself. He c...

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... and personality. Happy comes downstairs and Willy is saying he wishes he went to Alaska with his brother Ben. He says Ben at age seventeen, walked-into the jungle and when I was twenty-one I walked out...and by God I was rich. Happy tells Willy he is going to retir him for life and ... are burning he means that life is closing in on him. Ben is Willy's ideal because he had nothing and ended up rich. The jungle is woods for Willy. Ben conquered the jungle of life (in its figurative meaning) and Willy is trapped in burnin woods. Thus time is running out on Willy. Every time ... Biff to nev...

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... account of his and Willy's father was one of an enterprising man. One who went out into the world and capitalized on his talents. Ben was of the same nature. He went out into the real world (the jungle) and conquered it. Although Ben had very little contact with Willy throughout most of his life, his ... success left a strong impression on him. Willy on the other hand had a different view of success. ... their success with their likeability and ability to excel in their field exclusively on this characteristic. What he didn't realize, or refused to accept, was the fact that it took mor...

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... CREON: I should have done that before now "only, god's will had not been wholly revealed to me. OEDIPUS: But his command is plain: the parricide must be destroyed. I am that evil man- (Sophocles 1126) Miller's work has variety but also an essential, overriding unity. Willy Loman speaks not ... of ease and affluence, and by turning away from himself he has become an utterly confused person. He dreams the American legend: the brother who walked into the jungle and came out of it rich. "William when I walked into the jungle I was 17. When I walked out I was 21. And ... I was rich" (Miller 1...

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... boss that after firing him from his job after thirty- four years of hard work. Willy is a character that is a hard workingman trying to do the best he can to earn a living for his family. His boss Howard betrays him when Willy finally gets in his old age and is no longer needed ... not as strong as he to used to be Howard wants to get rid of him without offering Willy nothing but the door. What Willy means about " you can't just eat orange than throw the peel away". There's no respect or no appreciation from Howard's part. What I think Arthur Miller is trying demonstrate ... is if you ...

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... Biff! Biff: It's goddamn time you heard that! I had to be boss big shot in two weeks, and I"m through with it!" The next class I will discuss is the "nerds" or the "successful" of the play, Bernard and, Willy's older brother, Ben. Bernard was steady trying to tutor Biff so he could graduate, and Ben was successful with his ... "thing" for a reason. It affected Willy because he felt that he was going to lend Ben a hand, along with himself via him following to the "jungle", in reality was putting himself in serious danger. It affected Linda and Happy because they had to live trying to hid...

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... the American Dream. There are several connections to the concept 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 several ... diamond mines. Willy continues: "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...

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... isn't as sharp as he used to be. Willy has a slight inferiority complex, and this is shown through the continuous flashbacks he has of his dead brother Ben who struck it rich in the jungle. Ben causes Willy to feel like more of a failure because he is struggling to make ends meet and provide for ... his family. Another example of Willy's inferiority is when his son Biff catches him with another woman. This haunts him because he sees it as part of the reason for why ... qualities, and many of these behaviors have an impact on his entire family. Willy is idealistic, stubborn, and he has ...

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... a stranger. He seems to have no time for personal relations, nor does he seem to indulge in the emotions. For Willy, Ben represents the ideal success story. Ben stated " when I was seventeen I walked into the jungle, and when I was twenty-one I walked out And by God I was rich." Willy thrives off ... this quote. Ben had achieved the complete success that Willy could only dream about. Willy could never achieve the success or perform the deeds that Ben did. In the play we notice that when Willy ... he is actually an uncle. It is best to assume that he was an old acquaintance. As a charact...

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... isn't as sharp as he used to be. Willy has a slight inferiority complex, and this is shown through the continuous flashbacks he has of his dead brother Ben who struck it rich in the jungle. Ben causes Willy to feel like more of a failure because he is struggling to make ends meet and provide for ... his family. Another example of Willy's inferiority is when his son Biff catches him with another woman. This haunts him because he sees it as part of the reason for why ... qualities, and many of these behaviors have an impact on his entire family. Willy is idealistic, stubborn, and he has ...

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... and will not be realized. Willy was a successful businessman in his earlier years, but never as successful as he thought he was. By the end of the play, most of his connections and friends that he had made through his business are retired or dead. This makes his job very unfulfilling and ... why he hasn't accumulated a fortune yet. He tries so hard to live up to his accomplishments that he talks about him all the time to his family. "When I was seventeen I walked into the jungle, and when I was twenty-one I walked out. And by God I was rich" (Miller 1333). This is Willy's dream and ... ...

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... to make something of the Loman name. The second American shortcoming successfully exposed by Miller was the economical shortcoming. At the end of World War II in 1945, the United States began a time of unique prosperity due to the increase of industrial production after the war. The average Americans had the money to purchase the goods they wanted. Americans ... be. Willy was always worried about what others thought of him. (sparknotes) He worried that they wouldn't take him seriously because of his weight and the way he dressed. Instead of selling his products to buyers, Willy was tryin...

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... Brothers (particularly Biff -- Willy's favourite) to achieve success and to keep up with Willy's high and unrealistic expectations disappoint Willy. As a result of all the failures in life, Willy sees suicide as the only honourable way out of the predicament he is in. Suicide will at least provide for Biff's success, or so Willy has deluded himself to believe. Willy should have developed ... 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...

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... has to do is go into any city, pick up the phone and he's making his living. Miller uses Ben's reference to the "jungle" as the setting to show how Ben's ruthless success carries uneasy connotations of a place where only the fittest will survive and in which weaker members like Willy ... will be devoured by the capitalist system. The play's use of setting underlines the theme of a competitive society where ... to Biff and Happy. He has given his son's false morality and fails to set down clear moral standards. For example, Willy ignores the incident when Biff takes the football from sch...

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... . Willy compares Biff and Bernard's success and believes Biff will be better off, because Bernard is only liked and not well liked. The role of Ben Loman, Willy's brother, is significant to the play. Unlike Willy, Ben has achieved the American Dream. Ben said, "when I was seventeen I walked into the jungle, and when I was twenty-one I walked out. And by God I was rich."" Willy regrets ... the decision of not following Ben to Alaska. Willy's hallucinations of Ben show the reader he is unable to accept reality, and he still believes ... the offer is still available. Since Ben is a model o...

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... of success. These types of families can be seen as failures. (Kennedy 1410). Willy Loman is the first character to represent the search of the American Dream. First, Willy has a strong belief in the American Dream because of his brother Ben. "Why boys, when I was seventeen I walked into the jungle, and when I was twenty-one I walked out. And by God I was rich!" (Miller 1900). This quote ... said by Ben is the basis of Willy's beliefs for his family and himself. Willy thinks he will never need to search for anything and that things would just come to him ... incomes to get around their ...

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