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(5 pp) Death of a Salesman gives different
insights and different meanings to the American
dream of success and shows what can happen when
the dream is false, distorted or unfulfilled. The
American dream was in serious trouble for Willy
Loman and his family because of his fervent
pursuit of success, wealth and status. He believed
the myth that success was based on popularity,
personality and personal attractiveness. "Be liked
and you will never want" (.33), and "Riding on a
smile and a shoeshine," and ". . . personality
always wins the day" ( 65) are examples of those
deceptions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the myth that success was based on popularity, personality and personal attractiveness. "Be liked and you will never want" (.33), and "Riding on a smile and a shoeshine," and
". . . personality always wins the day" ( 65) are examples of those deceptions. Bibliography lists 3 sources. BBdthSR.doc DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., October 2000 Introduction
Death of a Salesman gives different insights and different meanings to the American dream of success and shows what can happen when the dream is false,
distorted or unfulfilled. The American dream was in serious trouble for Willy Loman and his family because of his fervent pursuit of success, wealth and status. He believed the
myth that success was based on popularity, personality and personal attractiveness. "Be liked and you will never want" (33), and "Riding on a smile and a shoeshine, as well as,
"personality always wins the day" (65). Willys philosophy was based on appearances, not reality. Time as a character As in most modern contemporary plays, time and space are fundamental
considerations in Death of a Salesman. There are three shifts created by Millers "time bends" in the play: the historical time (1949); the fragments of a remembered time, seventeen years
ago, that push in upon Willy; and a new sense of time, a mixture of past and present created by the play, and shared only by Willy and the audience.
The "cracking" or splitting apart of time, points to how it can deceive Willy, and us. The juxtaposition of the burning, angry, distorted city with the dreamlike, transparent house
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