... 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 much calling into question the pursuit of the American Dream, but the dream ... American Dream a reality for himself and his family, Miller launches a scathing attack on the very notion of the dream. He questions the values upon which American society is based and the way in which these contribute to the destruc...

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... is consider to be the business success dream. Willie Loman had already achieved the historical dream, he had a house, car, family and a job, but he gets obsessed with the business success dream and tries or at least he think he does try to accomplish it but he dismantles his family in the process. Willy Loman had accomplished the historical American Dream but because of his ... ambition he did not realize it. When Willy was deciding to go with his brother to look for his father he met ... this house!", but that was actually Willy's fault, because they lied to pleased him (Miller 1261)....

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... will receive $20,000 of insurance money. He feels that Biff will feel no more spite towards him, and he can prove that he was well-liked and widely known as a successful salesman at his funeral where he claims people from all over will attend. Willy states, "After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments...you end up worth more dead than alive" (98 ... ). Believing he can be of greater value dead, Willy wants Biff to take the insurance money and make a business with it. He wants Biff to see the sacrifice made for him, and maybe Biff will finally think higher of Willy. Okonk...

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... order to avoid being like Willy. By having unrealistic dreams and by disregarding the truth it is almost impossible for anyone to achieve their goals. Miller portrays dreams as important, but if there is a lack of knowledge about oneself or what is real, then having "the wrong dreams" can kill when taken to extremes (Requiem, Line 15). Willy Loman's main goal in life is ... for he and his sons to be lucrative businessmen, but this dream is difficult to achieve when Willy does not live life realistically. Willy believes the only way to get ahead is to be a "man who makes an appearance a ...

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