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A 4 page essay that analyzes the role of Happy Loman in Arthur Miller's play. The writer describes Hap's character, as well as how he embodies his father's misconception of the American Dream and shallow values system. No additional sources cited.
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as his looks are not supported by a healthy personality. (This writer/tutor does not understand the requirement to describe Hap, but "make up" a description -- the student researching this
topic can do this if he/she so desires.) The focus of the play is on the relationship between Haps father Willy and his older brother Biff, which reflects the fact
that Biff has always been the favored son. Nevertheless, an examination of the structure of the play demonstrates that this character serves to underscore the main theme of the play,
which pertains to Willys misplaced values and warped perception of the American Dream. The audiences first indication of Hap Lomans character is his nickname, "Happy." Where Biff has been
disgruntled, living under the weight of his fathers expectations, Hap has carved out his own niche in the family as a "people pleaser," as he has inculcated the entirety
his fathers values, along with his delusions. In this manner, Happy represents his fathers over inflated sense of self-worth, as well as his ambition and unthinking servitude to societal expectations.
A womanizer who makes the ill-conceived mistake of sleeping with the girlfriends of his superiors, Happy presents himself as important, an "assistant" buyer for a department store, when he actually
is the assistant to an assistant. Hap lacks even the smallest spark of introspection or self-analysis, but rather is the embodiment of all of his fathers worst traits, lacking even
the sense of poetry that one senses in Willy. Hap is, more or less, a spectator to the conflicts that motivate the action of the play. Yet, this role
is significant as it serves to underscore the major conflicts and thematic thrust of the work. This has to do with Willys blind faith in the American Dream, which he
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