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Appearance vs. Reality in Death of a Salesman
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Arthur Miller found humor and irony in the presentation of characters that are not as they appear. More concretely, Miller developed characters who demonstrated a distinct difference between appearance and reality, including a notable difference between the way they perceive themselves and their reality. This 5 page paper provides an overview of the issue presented and relates it to the current literature. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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characters who demonstrated a distinct difference between appearance and reality, including a notable difference between the way they perceive themselves and their reality. Characters like Wily and Biff Loman
provide the basis for creating irony, humor and conflict in Millers Death of a Salesman, especially when compared and contrasted to female characters in the play. Is Wily
Loman all he appears to be? Or is Wily Loman all he thinks he is? The difference between perception and reality is a major theme in Millers work.
Wily Lomans life is far from perfect, and his family and workplace scenarios have influenced his development and psychosocial functioning. Wily Loman spends most of his time in
a reflective state, during which he views factors that have influenced his life and the more positive times during his personal experience. Unfortunately, the immediacy of his family problems
and workplace stressors also define his exhaustion, his sense of hopelessness and his preoccupation with the past, all of which shape the view of the difference between appearance and reality.
Wily Loman would hope that others could assess him in terms of the successes in his life, but this is an unrealistic
view. Wily Lomans life is riddled with failures, including the failure towards his family when Wily Loman has an affair, his workplace failures, and his failure to meet his
families monetary expectations. Moreover, to add to his rather ill-starred life he has also managed to breed a new generation of failures, sons Biff and Hap. Preferring
to delude himself as to the realities of their true capabilities, he foists his hopes for success upon them, especially eldest son, Biff. To further exacerbate an already
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