... CREON: I should have done that before now "only, god's will had not been wholly revealed to me. OEDIPUS: But his command is plain: the parricide must be destroyed. I am that evil man- (Sophocles 1126) Miller's work has variety but also an essential, overriding unity. Willy Loman speaks not ... of ease and affluence, and by turning away from himself he has become an utterly confused person. He dreams the American legend: the brother who walked into the jungle and came out of it rich. "William when I walked into the jungle I was 17. When I walked out I was 21. And ... I was rich" (Miller 1...

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... isn't as sharp as he used to be. Willy has a slight inferiority complex, and this is shown through the continuous flashbacks he has of his dead brother Ben who struck it rich in the jungle. Ben causes Willy to feel like more of a failure because he is struggling to make ends meet and provide for ... his family. Another example of Willy's inferiority is when his son Biff catches him with another woman. This haunts him because he sees it as part of the reason for why ... qualities, and many of these behaviors have an impact on his entire family. Willy is idealistic, stubborn, and he has ...

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... and will not be realized. Willy was a successful businessman in his earlier years, but never as successful as he thought he was. By the end of the play, most of his connections and friends that he had made through his business are retired or dead. This makes his job very unfulfilling and ... why he hasn't accumulated a fortune yet. He tries so hard to live up to his accomplishments that he talks about him all the time to his family. "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 1333). This is Willy's dream and ... ...

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... to make something of the Loman name. The second American shortcoming successfully exposed by Miller was the economical shortcoming. At the end of World War II in 1945, the United States began a time of unique prosperity due to the increase of industrial production after the war. The average Americans had the money to purchase the goods they wanted. Americans ... be. Willy was always worried about what others thought of him. (sparknotes) He worried that they wouldn't take him seriously because of his weight and the way he dressed. Instead of selling his products to buyers, Willy was tryin...

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... Brothers (particularly Biff -- Willy's favourite) to achieve success and to keep up with Willy's high and unrealistic expectations disappoint Willy. As a result of all the failures in life, Willy sees suicide as the only honourable way out of the predicament he is in. Suicide will at least provide for Biff's success, or so Willy has deluded himself to believe. Willy should have developed ... down his life to secure his dream that makes Willy a tragic yet heroic figure and one to whom, in Linda's words, ``attention must be finally paid''. Ben's final mantra ""The jungle is dark, but full...

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... has to do is go into any city, pick up the phone and he's making his living. Miller uses Ben's reference to the "jungle" as the setting to show how Ben's ruthless success carries uneasy connotations of a place where only the fittest will survive and in which weaker members like Willy ... will be devoured by the capitalist system. The play's use of setting underlines the theme of a competitive society where ... to Biff and Happy. He has given his son's false morality and fails to set down clear moral standards. For example, Willy ignores the incident when Biff takes the football from sch...

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... . Willy compares Biff and Bernard's success and believes Biff will be better off, because Bernard is only liked and not well liked. The role of Ben Loman, Willy's brother, is significant to the play. Unlike Willy, Ben has achieved the American Dream. Ben said, "when I was seventeen I walked into the jungle, and when I was twenty-one I walked out. And by God I was rich."" Willy regrets ... the decision of not following Ben to Alaska. Willy's hallucinations of Ben show the reader he is unable to accept reality, and he still believes ... the offer is still available. Since Ben is a model o...

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... of success. These types of families can be seen as failures. (Kennedy 1410). Willy Loman is the first character to represent the search of the American Dream. First, Willy has a strong belief in the American Dream because of his brother Ben. "Why boys, 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 1900). This quote ... said by Ben is the basis of Willy's beliefs for his family and himself. Willy thinks he will never need to search for anything and that things would just come to him ... incomes to get around their ...

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