... . Guaranteed, gilt-edged, you understand?" Willy is using language that suggests that his suicide would be a business deal, and would allow Biff and Happy to use the life insurance to attain the Dream for themselves. Daisy's lack of energy is comparable with Biff's aimlessness, as he cannot cope with Willy's pressure for him to achieve success. "I don't know what the future is. I don't know ... see how Willy's pride and desire for success blind him from the truth. He continues to praise his son's supposed success, not admitting to the truth, and not accepting that Biff has not lived up t...

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... change signifies her shattered illusions broken by her thwarted dreams. The endless quest for the fulfillment of the American Dream, can be seen in the Arthur Miller's play "Death of A Salesman-. Miller portrays the modern American dream of the 1950's, unlike the historic, which promises freedom and opportunity, the more modern American dream is seen as financial success through luck, greatness, and happiness derived from the other two ... , and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive."" (Miller 76). He decides to invest his dreams into his son Biff who has...

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... shape a persons being. They give a person something to hope and strive for in their life. Without dreams, life is meaningless. In Death of a Salesman, the readers (or viewers) are introduced to Willy Loman and his two sons Biff and Happy. Willy is a salesman who wants nothing more in life than to be well liked and financially secure. Until the day he dies, Willy never stops ... is a man who does not know himself at all. When Willy finally realizes that he has been lying to himself for the greater part of his life, he is driven to kill himself. He knows that his lifelong dream of small-s...

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• Grade Level: High School