... 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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... " is a play relating to the events leading to the downfall of Willy Loman, an aging salesman who is at one time prosperous, but is now approaching the end of his usefulness (Brucher 305). Miller uses symbolism to expand on the conflicts within the Loman family. Happy and Biff, Willy's two sons, represent two sides of Willy's ever-conflicting personality. Happy, who often receives his consolation of unsuccessfulness through ... ." One of the first comments critics have is on Willy Loman as a simple character versus a complex character. To begin with, Willy is a walking contradiction. On on...

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... have connections with others. In the play Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller identifies the relationships of Willy Loman and his family. Miller also focuses on the relationship that Willy Loman has with society. The relationships that Willy has make up an underlying theme that runs throughout the entire play. Willy Loman is a failed salesman in a success-oriented society. His main crime is that he believes ... of greenery, no views of nature that come to represent positive values in the play. The world outside Willy's small and fragile home seems oppressive and menacing, threatening to s...

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... his preconceived ideas, only what will make him feel better. This widens the gulf between the reality perceived by the audience and what is obviously becoming Willy's reality. Miller's whole critique on the business world is also a device for revealing the breakdown of Willy Loman's psyche. He is adamant that being "well liked" is the most important factor when doing business. While this is an ... with this illusion of normality, even though it is clear to the audience that it is just that. Later on, Biff actually shouts that no one in the family "told the truth for ten minutes" and it ...

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... the end of the play, he commits suicide because he cannot change his life. Moreover, Biff fails the whole time and Willy is disappointed with him because he does not try to succeed as his father did. As a result, Willy believes that he is responsible for his son's failure. Willy does not realize that his son does not have the same dreams as he does ... : "He had the wrong dreams, all, all wrong" (138). As a result, Willy is controlled by superstructure; he does not try to free him self and regain his power. In other words, Willy has two choices: Either succeeding or failing. Besides that...

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