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A 7 page paper which compares and contrasts the original 1949 stage production with the 1985 TV-movie within the literary contexts of plot, theme, setting, and character. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
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Paper Store - May 2001 -- properly! Arthur Miller and the art of playwriting have been a
match made in literary heaven. While Miller has also written novels and short stories, he has always preferred playwriting because he can express in a few words of dialogue
what would otherwise take pages. Just as thoughts are expressed differently depending on the literary genre, so too, is how the work is presented. For instance, while Miller
wrote Death of a Salesman precisely for the stage, incorporating explicit stage instructions in his original 1949 text, it has also been adapted to the small screen, most notably in
director Volker Schlondorffs 1986 television production, which featured Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman and John Malkovich as his son Biff. The stage and the small screen are two entirely
distinct venues, and although each has showcased Death of a Salesman, the productions had to be staged differently to accommodate the respective mediums. As with all works of literature, in
order to gain a keen understanding and appreciation of Death of a Salesman, one should analyze the plays structure, in terms of the most basic elements of plot, theme, setting,
and character. Miller seems to have conceived of Death of a Salesman as a twentieth century tragedy in the tradition of the ancient Greeks and William Shakespeare. The
plot of Death of a Salesman echoes that of the quintessential tragedy - that of a man who becomes so consumed with securing a piece of the American Dream for
himself and his family that it, ultimately, consumes him. As his job failures begin to overwhelm him, Willy increasingly retreats into a fantasy world, reliving moments from the past,
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