... attempt to grow a garden could be seen to symbolize this "agrarian frontier dream". This is juxtaposed, however, with the "solid vault of apartment houses" that surround the Lomans" home and the success of characters like Howard Wagner, who represents a very different sort of society. This also links with the idea, represented by Ben, that a man can achieve wealth from nothing, and that competitiveness, masculinity ... Willy as being "success incarnate", he is strongly masculine and aggressive, and seems to be the personification of the pioneering "American Dream". Miller distorts these t...

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