... 's footsteps by demonstrating success in the business world, since he feels that being a salesman is prestigious. Willy's father establishes success during his lifetime, as Ben states, "With one gadget he made more in a week than a man like you could make in a lifetime" (Miller 49). Miller also intertwines symbols ... is a symbol of the ruthless success Willy has never reached" (Kennedy as qtd. in Koon 37). During the play, one becomes aware of Ben when Willy reminisces about the past. Willy recalls sequences of the past to counteract his present "depression," in the workplace and at home...

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... embraced his desire, and turned his back on the original, pioneering spirit of the American Dream, "Why didn't I go to Alaska with my brother Ben that time! That man was a genius, that man was success incarnate!" Willy realises that if he had have gone to explore the world with his ... brother, he too may have achieved the success, which Ben reaped. Miller seems to be questioning the materialistic version of the Dream, implying that it may bring danger, but also disappointment. Willy's materialistic infatuation ... questions Swiss cheese, which Linda says she has bought him for. Whilst h...

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• Grade Level: High School

... has diminished and financially struggling. He dreams of himself and his family of obtaining the American dream. He is obsessed with the idea of "easy success-, instilled by his brother Ben when he becomes wealthy after finding a diamond mine in Africa. The quote "when I was seventeen I walked into the jungle, and when I was twenty-one I walked out. And by God I was ... rich."" (Miller 33) by Ben has always remained with Willy driving him to achieve the same "greatness- as Ben did. Willy lives by the philosophy that "the man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who crea...

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... often suggested a kind of modern Jesus figure, whose materialistic teachings should be adhered to by all those Americans he preached to, even in replacement of Christ. "Henceforth be masterless,"" retorts Ben. "Be ye each one his own master unto himself, and don't let even the Lord put His spoke in."" ' But despite critics such as Lawrence, Franklin's view of the perfect ... ...

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