... when he was just fired by Howard. Charley offers him a job but he violently declines the offer thinking that he must portray an impressive image as a great and popular salesman. On the other hand, Charley is not like this at all and he is successful. In Death of a Salesman, Miller is not so ... Dream, but the dream itself. For Willy, his adventurer explorer brother, Ben, and his salesman hero, Dave Singleman, are images of success, but the character of Ben is fantastical and the achievements of Dave are idealised and exaggerated. Using these as his benchmarks, Willy can never achieve the...

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... the war, the American Dream, an ethos which offered the chance of wealth even to those who start with nothing, began to be misinterpreted. The great misconception was a person's inability to achieve the ideals of the American Dream must mean there are flaws in their personality. Willy "blames (himself ... and not hide behind illusions. Linda and Biff can also be true to themselves as they do not have to conform to Willy's unrealistic expectations. Both playwrights delve towards "the marrow" of truth and slowly reveal how facing the truth is necessary, however painful. Both Albee ... know...

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... that these problems hurt his personal relationships with Biff and Happy, and keep them from having a stable family. As the story unfolds, the flaws that each character possesses begin to all come back to Willy, and the way that he not only thought, but lived. Early in the story, it is clear that ... will make Willy proud. He also has an older brother that seems to overshadow him in all aspects. Ben, much like Biff had the ability to achieve great things because he was given the encouragement to try. Happy, much like his father and his brother, is seen as the lesser of the two brothers, ...

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... ' attention to the flaws of the American Dream and attempts to differentiate between the theoretical meaning of the American Dream and the practical one. Miller does that mainly through the character of Willy Loman and partially through his two sons, Biff and Happy. In his play "Death of a Salesman," Arthur Miller chooses Willy Loman as a symbol for all the believers of ... accomplish happiness or success. This was the normal scenario for most of those who truly believed in the American Dream. People immigrated to the United States of America with high expectations for a better life offe...

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