"Death of a Salesman"

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The paper examines the character, Willy, in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman." The author shows how Arthur Miller uses several literary devices to portray the last days of Willy, and offers insight into the perceptions, expectations and illusions that Willy has used to keep up his appearance of apparent success. He shows that Willy's problems with acceptance and denial tear apart his family life, which is overshadowed by his relentless pursuit of the American dream.

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"All in all, "Death of a Salesman" gives the audience a harsh picture of Willy Loman, and his family at the final breaking point for all members involved. Miller uses colors to express the angry, overpowering world that Willy once considered the beginnings of his success. The set is a symbol for the suppression and failure of Willy's dreams, with seeds in a procrastinated garden representing the procrastinated legacy that Willy never got around to "planting". "

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