Character Analysis of Willy Loman From Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge

what he has, what he really desire is "the preservation of what he now has in time to come,

“He wanted to explain how people were never quite what you thought they were.” Pg 54

For this assignment. I will be talking about the original musical performance of 42nd street. I will present the conditions of the stage and setting for the original stage performance. In this, I will talk about the plot and the characters of 42nd street, how the plot progresses and how each character has their own purpose in the story in comparison to each other. I will talk about the underlying themes of 42nd street; how these themes are important

He focuses on the struggle of human beings to achieve their goals by both transcending and re-creating the past. Yet humans prove themselves unable to move beyond the past.

For this Case Study I chose fictional character Will Hunting from the award winning movie Good Will Hunting. Will Hunting was born in a poor region of south Boston, Massachusetts, an orphan, who lived with a very abusive alcoholic foster dad. As a kid, Will was subdued to frequent physical abuse by his foster dad, between getting beat with a wrench, and having cigarettes put out on him, Will dealt with a lot at a young age (James A. Frieden).

Billy Madison is the son of a famous hotel tycoon and spends his days being an idiot in the hotel pool. Billy then finds out that his father, Brian Madison, is having a meeting about retirement. Brian is trying to find a person to run Madison Hotels, and Brian says that he will give the ownership to Eric Gordon because Billy is not responsible enough. Brian tells Billy that he payed Billy's teachers to give him good grades so he could graduate which makes Billy mad and he says he will complete grades 1 through 12 again in 24 weeks, 2 weeks to finish each grade. Brian accepts Billy's offer, but Eric gets mad and becomes offended by this.

Although Truman Capote appears to recount the happenings in Perry’s life after the murders, his true intent is to push his audience to sympathize with Perry, depicting how he always looks to someone else to save him; therefore, asserting an individual’s attitude is greatly influenced by their past experiences.

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is a play of multiple tragedies. The word tragedy is defined as “a dreadful, or fatal event or affair; disaster”. The main character, Willy Loman, shows how one dream can become a disaster through his impractical dreams and failing at achieving these goals. Not only does he fail at his dreams, he participates in an affair that is against morals. The idea of a tragic hero is defined as “a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat”. Miller believes that the common man is the best tragic hero because it shows that the average, everyday man struggles to achieve goals in life. He thinks the common man fights to maintain self-worth and dignity. Willy

In times of upheaval and change, people try to find a way to make sense of life changing. They also look towards visions of something that is akin to the “good ole days”.

Phillip doesn’t like being in English Class. His teacher is Margaret Narwin. She is trying to come up with new ideas for the class. He would rather be running in track, then being in her class. Allison has a bit of a crush on Phillip Malloy. (Pages 1-19)

In James Molony’s book, A Bridge to Wisemans Cove, it is clear that the character of Carl is an overweight, unsecure teenage boy lacking self-esteem. In the beginning of the book, Carl is unsure of his purpose in the world, and in not having many friends he is lonely and his social skill are poor. In the middle of the book Carl’s new friends in Wattle beach start to uncover and shape his personality he becomes a bit more confident and starts to notice the smaller things in life. At the end of he book Carl now understands what love is and who loves him, he feels privileged as he has learnt about the small things that a mother would teach him, things that are not taught in school. Therefore it is clear the character of Carl changes at a steady

He is speaking about how good he had it with the life he had before all this drama and the tragedy that is about to occur. He is looking back at the fact that even though he was alone in life, he was content. He never worried about what could happen tomorrow. He neither regretted things of the past. The little and simplest things brought him much joy. In his own little world, it made sense to him.

In Lord of the Flies, Ralph demonstrated traits of a successful survivor from the moment the children were stranded on the island, to when he was being attacked and forced to survive independently.

When a child begins to walk, they fall down. Through all the mistakes they keep going and will succeed but will also continue to fall. Yet, they don’t give up and keep trying until soon they are running. If people were to use these ambitions in life, we would have an ample supply of leaders. On the island, Ralph shows these aspirations, portraying the leadership skills in him. He is just starting to lead and he encounters trouble and does fall. Yet he will get up because Ralph is a strong leader. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies novel he uses characterisation to show how Ralph, a natural born leader, will lead the other children even though in the end he was betrayed by them due to the temptations of others.

“It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, a subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of the sun.” Throughout Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” there is a sense of slow burning dread as readers are introduced to the man and his gradual, but inevitable death, brought upon by himself. London’s short story opens with the main character, a man, foolishly embarking on the long journey back to camp in the freezing Yukon, accompanied only by a husky mix. It is in this unforgivingly harsh weather that the man meets his fate, at his own hand. From the beginning of the story, the man displays flawed behaviors and personality traits that render him unable to survive on his solo journey in the Yukon, becoming his own worst enemy.