... funeral will be massive! They will come from Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire! Rode Island, New York, New Jersey- I am known, Ben, and he"ll see it with his eyes once and for all. He"ll see what I am Ben! He's in for a shock, that boy!" (Miller 1515) This was a foreshadow of what Willy's life would come to. Willy questions of ... Willy with greed, and the desire to be better than the next man. The only person from the Loman family to make something of himself was Ben. Willy tells his sons "this is your Uncle Ben, a great man! He walked into the jungle when he was sevente...

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... develop the play. The American West, Alaska, and the African Jungle represent the potential to be successful to Biff and Willy. Willy's father became successful in Alaska and his brother, Ben, became very wealthy in Africa. This shapes Willy's obsession with the commercial world and the city that has trapped him in an unpleasant reality. Alaska and the jungles of Africa ... his home. Diamonds represent wealth to Willy because they validate life and the ability to pass materials on to your loved ones. Diamonds symbolize Willy's failure as a salesman. His brother Ben made a fortune off of...

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... of the American Dream in Death of a Salesman. One can be found on page 32 when the principal charachter Willy Loman expresses his jealousy towards the successes of his brother Ben. Ben knew what he wanted, Willy says. He started with the clothes on his back, walked into the jungle and came out enormously rich at the age of twenty-one owning ... : "That man was a genius, that man was success incarnate!" Another example of a man's success, and therefore also of the American Dream, is found on page 38. Willy's imaginary memory of Ben describes their father as a great inventor who travelled ...

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... fail to meet Willy's high standards. He is constantly seeking approval for the way he is raising his boys, but he confesses to his brother Ben, " Because sometimes I"m afraid that I"m not teaching them the right kind of - Ben, how should I teach them?" (1845; Act1). He has a hard time admitting his failure as a father. When he is speaking to Linda about Biff stealing ... ...

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... will act as if everything is sound. He will not admit that he and his family have substantial difficulties. Whenever Willie's world begins to crumble before him, he envisions Big Ben's capitalist success in Africa, when he "walked into the jungle", and when he walked out he was rich. Willie always wanted to be like the big fake ... Ben is, but never succeeded. However, constantly denying truths of life, and masking distress is not a solution. Although Willie always seemed to maintain a positive attitude, his soul is devastated. After a lifetime ... ...

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... a career, having too much pride to admit that his own destiny was in a simple career like a carpenter. Wearing a white collar then a blue one. Instead he looked up to his bother Ben, a figment of his imagination who told him that money was the true path to happiness. Now out of options, he decides that suicide is his only exit, so his family ... ...

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... the American dream of effortless success, fame, and fortune. The people in his life seem to have accomplished much in their lives; therefore, Willy tends to ask advice from them. Ben, Willy's recently deceased older brother, is the wealthy and most significant idol in the salesman's life. The family's neighbor, Charley, is a very successful man who owns a business, and his son ... ...

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... understand the tragedy of the play. Willy has his own beliefs and ways of doing things just lie any "common man" "a man can't go out the way he came in, Ben, a man has got to add up to something" ...

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• Grade Level: High School