... This inconstancy shows when Daisy is secretly maltreated by her husband, Tom Buchanan. "'Look!' she complained; 'I hurt it.' We all looked – the knuckle was black and blue. 'You did it, Tom,' she said accusingly. 'I know you didn't mean to, you did do it. That's ... Daisy genially, 'and if you want to take down addresses here's my little gold pencil. 'She Looked around after a moment and told me the girl was 'common but pretty', and I knew that except for half hour she'd been with Gatsby she wasn't having a good time" ... understood before. It was full of mon...

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... represents failure. He has depleted his entire existence trying to accomplish his dreams, which leads to his despondency and collapse. Conversely his life implies that the Dream is flawed as a lifetime of hard work has not brought financial security; "I"m keeping an account of everything, remember. I"ll pay you ... bought him for. Whilst he is playing cards with Charley, Willy immerses himself in a conversation with Ben, his deceased brother who represents the glory of achieving the American Dream; and begins to confuse himself, but then realises that he has been talking to himself. He c...

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... career 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 w...

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• Grade Level: High School