Death of a Salesman in Relation to the American Dream In "Death of a Salesman" (1976) by Arthur Miller, the author describes the great tragedy which the American Dream can cause. ... Willy Loman is a traveling salesman who obsesses over the possibilities of the American Dream. ... The play Death of a Salesman occurred during the time period after World War I. ... In relation to Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman believed his sons would achieve this American Dream based on false pretenses. ... As stated in the play Death of a Salesman, I quote "Bernard can get the best marks in scho...

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In the play ˜Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller, the playwright focuses on the theme of failure in a success oriented society. ... The play's theme demonstrates how ˜The American Dream' destroys people's lives by false promises. ... ˜Death of a Salesman' uses many symbols to help develop the play. ... In conclusion, the symbols used in ˜The Death of a Salesman,' help develop the context of the play. ... This play made a lot of people question the greatness of the American Dream....

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As time has passed the American Dream has become extremely difficult to attain. ... In fact, it could be said that the American Dream is exactly that, a dream, and everyone knows dreams rarely become reality. An outstanding example of this is presented in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, which subtly points out many flaws with the American Dream. ... This misinterpretation of the Dream is represented well in Death of a Salesman, especially by the delusional aging salesman, Willy, who seems hell-bent upon monetary success; in Willy's mind success and money correlate directly to on...

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Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman demoralizes the idea of this dream that everyone hopes to achieve. ... Through the play Willy is striving to live the American Dream, to have a better, happier life. ... The play should be seen as a whole in which the life, and death of Willy Loman shows the faulty deception of this American Dream. ... Willy Loman's false interpretation of the American Dream is what fueled his delusional thinking. ... Giving hope that at least one son will be able to gain some kind of success and achieve the American Dream because at the end of the day the America...

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In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller this lens is supported in the American Dream. Willy Loman is a traveling salesman who believes the American Dream, that anyone can become rich and well known through only hard work, perseverance, or personality. ... The falsity of the American Dream plays a big part in the novel. ... Miller chose the job of salesman carefully for his American Dreamer. ... The lens, "Literature opens a dark window on the soul, revealing more about what is bad in human nature than what is good" is supported in the novel Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. ...

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Willie Loman is an ordinary man who embodies traditional American values of success. ... ("Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller 1949 Drama") The "American Dream" is "the belief that through the pioneer virtues of hard work, perseverance, ingenuity, and fortitude, one might find happiness through wealth" ("Death of a Salesman"). ... The concept of the American Dream shown in the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is believed by Harold Clurman to be divided into two meanings; the historical dream and the business success dream. ... Willy Loman had ...

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Throughout the play "Death of a Salesman" Arthur Miller portrays the American Dream and how Willy Lowman and his family are trying to achieve it. ... The builders are simply trying to live their own American Dream. ... Their dreams may not be the same but they evolved from the general ideas and concepts of the American Dream. Some other authors to write about the American Dream are F. ... One should not underestimate the American Dream. ...

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Arthur Miller's play, Death of a Salesman examines the impact of American values and morals as to what constitutes "success" upon individual lives. ... The Loman family for the most part are trying to live out the American Dream. ... When Biff and Happy were in high school is seemed as though they were living out the American Dream. ... But as Biff and Happy became older it seemed like the Loman family was getting farther away from the American Dream of being wealthy and well liked. ... Willy Loman's technique of living out the American Dream in Arthur Miller's play Death of a...

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Themes and Morals of "Death of a Salesman" Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" captures the motions of life through the eyes of those who have lost their identity and sense of reality. ... The "American Dream", a universal and common theme among American literature, is very evident in "Death of a Salesman. ... The American dream also relates to Biff Loman. ... Linda Loman also has experience with the American dream. ... The American dream illustrates that one should set reasonable goals. ...

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Delusional Dreams Death of a Salesman is a tragic story of a man and his delusional dreams. ... This characteristic followed him to his death bed. ... In a way, Miller uses characters to contrast the difference between success and failure in the American system. ... Willy honestly believed the American Dream was still within his grasp, even without Charley's job offer. ... In conclusion, Death of a Salesman is a tragic drama that really makes the reader wonder about our so-called "American Dream." ...

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I recently saw a performance of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Millar at the Lyceum Theatre. ... Death of a sales man is a play about America and its" Dream; It is about the little guy with big ideas. ... It has been claimed that Death of a Salesman is a "play for the American individual who had built his house, made his machines and enriched himself with every comfort, but still found himself more nervous than proud, more lonely than certain." ... In my opinion this is what Death of a Salesman achieves. ... However, his dream ultimately results in his death and I think they play superbly ...

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Dreams in Death of a Salesman Within the tragic play, Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman destroys himself trying to achieve a dream. ... These ideas epitomize the American Dream, to become a successful, well-liked businessman. Willy's true dream, however, was very different from this. ... Society has dictated to Willy that the American Dream is "the" dream, and no other dream is acceptable. ... Biff has never been able to follow his dream because of his father pushing him into the false dream of being a businessman. ...

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Death of a Salesman Dreams are essential for living. ... In Arthur Millers" Death of a Salesman, the Lowman family gives new meaning to the concept of dreams, desires and escape from reality. Willy, Biff and Hap allow their dreams to take over their world and bend their perception of reality, success and the American dream. Willy Lowman, an aging, downtrodden traveling salesman, has chosen to follow the classic American dream. ... Willy made the American dream the focus of his entire being and devoted his life to becoming it. ...

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Death of A Salesman America is a rich successful, prosperous country. ... Many base their key dreams around the 'The American Dream'. ... "Death of A Salesman", is about the American Dream and one middle-aged man's failure of it. He is a salesman, who wants to live the dream. ... Willy is an all- American dreamer who is too full of pride to accept the fact that his dream of being a successful salesman will never come true. ...

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DEATH OF THE AMERICAN DREAM "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller is a tragedy, which comments on American life and values. ... "Death of a Salesman" has earned Miller a number of awards, such as the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. ... Death of a Salesman could also have been named "Death of the American Dream" because it shows how Willy's dream come shattering in on him and eventually died. Whether reading or watching "Death of a Salesman", the audience can relate to the tragic hero, Willy Loman. ... Willy was living the American Dream, and that's ...

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American people, much like people in any other country, strive to achieve their dreams. Many base their key dreams around the 'The American Dream'. ... "Death of A Salesman", is about the American Dream and one middle-aged man's failure of it. He is a salesman, who wants to live the dream. ... Willy is an all- American dreamer who is too full of pride to accept the fact that his dream of being a successful salesman will never come true. ...

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Miller and Mamet's Failure of the American Dream Arthur Miller and David Mamet are playwrights who are familiar with the struggle to achieve the American Dream. In "Death of a Salesman", Arthur Miller used the salesman Willy Loman as a symbol for the failure of the American dream. David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" is like a modern version of "Death of a Salesman." ... "Death of a Salesman" and "Glengarry Glen Ross" are plays that brilliantly illustrate the struggle and the failure of the American dream. ... They also suggest that the pursuit of the American dream to get rich...

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Willy's Useless Advice About Success Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is a play that illustrates a family that lives in a dream world but ultimately comes into reality. Like many people of this country, as well as others, the Lomans strive to live out the American dream. ... Willy Loman, husband and the father of two sons, is a sixty-year-old, insecure traveling salesman. With all of his heart, Loman believes in the American dream of effortless success, fame, and fortune. ... The American dream is not conquered without work, but Loman does not ever accept this fact. ...

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The major theme in Death of a Salesman was the pursuit of this dream. ... Arthur Miller's depiction of the American Dream in Death of a Salesman was written in postwar America. ... To put it simply, the American Dream was defined as "an American ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire: the American Dream represented a reaffirmation of traditional American hopes."" ... In the play, Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman is a perfect example of someone who is trying to pursue this dream. The word "death- in the title not only refers to Willy's actual death but s...

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Success and Failure in Death of a Salesman Throughout history society's interpretations of success and failure remain fundamentally sound. ... Many of Miller's life experiences are relative to the situations he presents in the drama, Death of a Salesman. ... Furthermore, he grew-up in a "nuclear family", which explains why the plot in Death of a Salesman revolves around the same type of family (DA 15). ... His surroundings and family situations provided him with the knowledge necessary to write the drama, Death of a Salesman. ... In Arthur Miller's drama, Death of a Salesman,...

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Death of a Salesman Character Analysis Willy Loman a traveling salesman who has worked for the Wagner firm for thirty-four years. ... An insecure, self-deluded man, Willy believes wholeheartedly in the American Dream of easy success and wealth, but he never achieves it. ... The overwhelming tensions caused by this disparity, as well as those caused by the societal imperatives that drive Willy, form the essential conflict of Death of a Salesman. ... He is a traveling salesman, the low man of popular United States culture, who believes in the false promises of the American Dream. Theref...

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Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller believes that a common man can think, aspire, suffer: and that a common man can give his life for "his sense of human dignity." ... His main thought is of the American Dream. ... This was his American Dream. ... All he wanted was to fulfill his American Dream. ... He had an American Dream, he wanted his sons to be successful, and he suffered. ...

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Since it's invention the "American Dream" has evolved and produced two very different forms, the original being a promise of a land of freedom, with opportunity and equality for all; where hard, honest work is rewarded with spiritual fulfilment and happiness. ... Ultimately both Fitzgerald and Miller see the American Dream as a failure. The American Dream, it's interpretation and the ways of achieving it, are very important underlying themes in both Arthur Miller's "Death Of A Salesman" (1949) and F. ... Thus, it may seem, personifying the "American Dream". ... So he sets out t...

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The overlying theme in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman- is about the "American Dream-, which means success, and what it takes to achieve it. ... His son Biff is lost in the world with no light, until the end, to find his vision of the "American Dream."" ... In the play Willy plays a career salesman that never advanced in life; with many tragic flaws that ultimately lead to his downfall. ... All through the play Willy instills his "American Dream- on Biff, who believes his father and wants to be accepted by him, until one day Biff walks in on his father with another woman. ... There a...

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In the play, Death of a Salesman, the character Willy Loman portrays the role of a traveling salesman who feels insecure about his persona. ... In Death of a Salesman, the theme of the "American Dream" is to have the ideal family, be successful, and well-liked. ... He isn't your average manager or Vice President of a Company, he is your average traveling salesman. ... Biff was the All-American athlete who was admired by almost everyone in his high school. ...

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