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            With historical background and throughout the last decade the issue of weather or not feminism had made a positive impact on society had raged. Although the issues are complex , and the opposition argues that feminism does not provide a positive direction for society for the following reasons. First, negative social change andsecondly, the breakdown of family. These reasons do have merit but I do contend that feminism does provide a positive direction in society for these compelling reasons, one, the upward social change and second, the equality of genders. The United States from pre colony days to the present have progressed through immense changes, the upward social movement as well as the equality of sexes has had an amazing effect on society today. .
             The Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary defines feminism as the theory of political economic and social equality of the sexes and the organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interest. One hundred years ago only few women worked outside the home, however presently 75% ( Manchester,pg 2) of women do so. Post World War I the number of women involved in military services and jobs in the community slowly increased. Men being away and at war for so long forced women to help with the family income as well as home care for family members. Men started to loose their title as the sole bread winner and provider. Not only have historical events changed our world so has the evolution in time. A women position in the family has typically (in the past) been at home. Women were left to raise and care for their children while men were working or away. The female gender has always been known to be the nurturing parent of the family. The parent that would take care of the social and emotional growth of the child, not to mention the teaching of personal needs of the individual child's growth. The female has also been the one parent with the responsibility of seeing that the school age child was well read and homework was complete.


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1. Willy Loman - Death of a Salesman

... and be the role model that his sons look up to him as. Although he works every day and tries hard to provide for his family, Willy ultimately fails at being the perfect father. He feels trapped himself and feels like he trapped his own family, leading to his suicide at the end ... as. Another example alike to traveling far to work every day occurs when he borrows money in order to sustain his family. Linda reveals to her boys Willy's borrowing habit: "[H]e has to go to Charley and borrow fifty dollars a week and pretend to me that it's his pay[.]... And you tell me ... of a Salesman. In...

  • Word Count: 1301
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

2. Death of a Salesman - Willy Loman's Legacy

... and Happy, and keep them from having a stable family. As the story unfolds, the flaws that each character possesses begin to all come back to Willy, and the way that he not only thought, but lived. Early in the story, it is clear that the brothers are very different, but each ... everything going for him. He is well-liked, handsome, and has a full athletic scholarship waiting on him. He, in some ways, is what Willy never could be. Willy always thought his inability to be successful was because he was not good looking or a likable person. He criticizes himself constantly for these things,...

  • Word Count: 1593
  • Approx Pages: 6
  • Grade Level: High School

3. An analysis of willy

... sons, and procrastinating being a successful salesman. The play reveals how procrastination can destroy an individual's life. Through an analysis of the character of Willy Loman and his actions in the five major periods of his life (i.e., sending Biff to college and showing interest in his football ability, paying the ... is still leaking (1234). The quotation is perfect evidence that explains the whole situation in the Loman household. It backs up the idea that Willy should have been well on top of the maintenance of the house and he wouldn't have had the problem with the roof leaking. ...

  • Word Count: 1868
  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

4. Willy's Suicide: An Analysis Of His Motives

... go? HOWARD: I don't want you to represent us. I've been meaning to tell you for a long time now. WILLY: Howard, are you firing me? HOWARD: I think you need a good long rest, Willy. (II, p. 1738) After Willy is fired, he places all of his hope in his son. Biff has recently come up with a plan to start a ... , under whom Biff had been a lowly shipping clerk many years ago. When Biff quits working for Oliver, Oliver offers Biff help if he needs it. Willy has gilded over this cordiality to make Oliver's offer seem more than it actually was. Not surprisingly, Oliver does not even remember Biff...

  • Word Count: 1055
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: High School

5. Analysis of Willy Loman

... with a false sense of self, and he has passed this false sense of self onto his sons, making them believe they are something they"re not. Willy severely regrets his failures, which include raising Biff and Happy poorly, not doing well in business, and being unfaithful to his wife Linda. He feels that ... these mistakes he made have caused his life to become the ultimate failure. Willy is what has come to be known as a tragic hero. He wants to do things right, but the fact is that many incidences have occurred ... He does it unselfishly so that Biff will receive the insurance money, and ...

  • Word Count: 1231
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: High School

6. How imporatnt is it that willy loman is a salesman

... written. After the Great Depression of the 1930s an aggressive business world emerged with the aim of making and keeping money. Willy was unable to adjust to this new world and it is important he has the role of a salesman to emphasise how much America changed ... during this period, Willy no longer having a role, "selling his personality" being ruthlessly disregarded. This is supported by the American critic Mary McCarthy who states; "America ... the country where the values of Capitalism, Free enterprise, Big Business are seen at their most rewarding and their most destructive. Willy ...

  • Word Count: 985
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: High School

7. Willy Loman as a tragic hero in death of a salesman

... by his family, and in one final attempt to secure his personal dignity and provide a future for his sons through his life insurance, he commits suicide. Willy Loman is, for Miller, the antithesis of the classic tragic hero. As his name implies, he is a `low man', an ordinary man, whose ... is successful. In Death of a Salesman, Miller is not so much calling into question the pursuit of the American Dream, but the dream itself. For Willy, his adventurer explorer brother, Ben, and his salesman hero, Dave Singleman, are images of success, but the character of Ben is fantastical and the achi...

  • Word Count: 1421
  • Approx Pages: 6
  • Grade Level: High School

8. Willy Loman is too nave to be to be the hero of a tragedy

... because of the modern setting, that people understand the tragedy more. Many of Shakespeare's "tragic hero's- displayed qualities which are held against Willy as being ignoble. For instance, Iago uses Othello's superficial goodness to strip him of all his self respect and confidence and Macbeth was ... that he could take over Scotland unchallenged. One of the major arguments against modern tragic hero's was that all previous characters were kings or nobles. Willy Loman is in no way a regal, kingly figure, as classical tragedy dictates. According to Miller, "common man is as apt a subje...

  • Word Count: 1965
  • Approx Pages: 8
  • Grade Level: High School

9. With close reference to the text, say how Willy Loman is "t

... . Get chamois to the hubcaps. Happy, use newspaper on the windows it's the easiest thing. Show him how to do it Biff" Willy's boys Happy and Biff are cleaning his car, Willy is encouraging them, telling Happy how to clean the car and encouraging his older son Biff to show his brother how. This epitomises the ... to see his boss, Howard to see if he can change his work to office based as he is getting old. Howard's response is to fire Willy, he tells Willy that he has been planing to fire him for a while because he is not as good salesman as he was. This is a good reflection on ... n so...

  • Word Count: 934
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: High School

10. Death of a Salesman: Willy Loman as a Tragic Hero

... exceeds their crime, their increase in awareness on part of the hero, and their tragedy doesn't leave its audience in a state of depression. Some believe that Willy Loman is not what is called a tragic hero due to his many failures as a father and husband, but he actually is a good example of what ... these attributes could be expected from a salesman, because their whole job is centered around their ability to sell themselves to the customer, to therefore sell the product. Willy's flaw, however, comes in his inability to separate his "salesman" persona from his actual nature, because as...

  • Word Count: 900
  • Approx Pages: 4

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