"Death of a Salesman"

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This paper examines how Arthur Miller's play and book, "Death of a Salesman", is somewhat hard to follow in spots where it becomes difficult to separate Willy Loman's fantasy world from his reality. It discusses why it is one of the greatest plays available to watch or to read and how Miller's genius really comes through in the characters and what they go through during the story. It also utilizes five different sources to analyze the story and to show how different parts of the story are looked at in different ways.

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"Much of what Death of a Salesman deals with is the morals that society has embedded in it and how they sometimes fail, even though the best of intentions remain. Loman is torn between running for the money and simply running away from everything, and it is taking its toll on his body and spirit (Shurley, 2003). Loman has had several opportunities in his life to have great adventures and make a lot of money, but he has declined the offers each time, not realizing what they could have done for him. Now he regrets that, but it is too late for him to go back and change things (Shurley, 2003). That is why he puts the pressure on his sons to succeed, but they fail as well, and Loman feels that he cannot even succeed as a father to them any more than he can succeed at being a salesman."

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