... loving her after the fact of her deception to him. In both stories and I found a few quotes that had a sense of means. In a "Death of A Salesman," Another quote Willy used when he realized he was a failure is "After all highways, and the trains, and the appointments, you end up worth more dead then alive" (Miller Pg 1924). This statement is a sad reflection on the state ... of mind that Willy is in due to the unfortunate combination ... of his ideals and the change, which has occurred, in his ... ...

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... luck. The boys grew up to believe in all that their father had told them, and Happy went on to follow in his footsteps as a salesman. Biff, after catching his father with the woman begins to question these values. He realises that for him, at least, these values are not applicable ... Loman name will succeed. In 1949, shortly after the play's premiere, Miller wrote a controversial essay about how Death of a Salesman was a true tragedy, only with common people rather than kings. Loman's lack of self-awareness is not unlike King Lear's, it could be argued - both men evoke the tragic by dyi...

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... people live. Some people can never meet the standards that society sets for them. Most encounter a society with a standard of living that is unparalleled throughout history. The main character in Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman, lives a life of incredible grief and hardship, aggravated by worlds of promise that he cannot ever seem to meet. Willy's tragedy is due more to society's negative influence than to ... people accomplish something. Willy desperately wants to do things right, but without extending much effort. Throughout the play, he drifts in and out of a dream where he talks to...

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... friend who he goes to school with. Bernard is smart and tries to help Biff with his schoolwork. Bernard ends up being a successful lawyer. Neither of the characters is like Biff. Biff is a confused thirty-four year old who doesn't know what he wants in life. Arthur Miller created the characters ... symbols throughout the play. Willy's brother Ben is a symbol. Ben is Willy's dead brother who shows up to Willy during his flashbacks, in times of trouble. Ben was a rich man who got rich in the diamond mines of Africa. In the play Ben is dressed in all white representing wealth and success. ...

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Willy Loman is the main character of "Death of a Salesman". He is an old salesman who is lost in fake hopes about how things should be and how they really are, he kind of lives in the past. Willy works on commission and nothing else and he gets to a point where he cant bring enough money home to pay the bills. The place he ... all. His son Biff can't even keep a job because he steals for no reason. Most of the flashbacks Willy has are of after Biffs senior year of high school when all of the family problems started. Willy also thinks that he is worth more dead than alive. Willys feeling of n...

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