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    The word expressionist has been applied to Arthur Miller as a playwright. This is relatively accurate as ‘Death of a Salesman’ features some of the early expressionist characteristics such as Miller dramatizing the sufferings of his characters. Willy is the character that suffers most and it is dramatized at different points in his life. For example when Willy is first made to work on commission and then is not even allowed to work on commission. Miller also likens his characters to mythic figures

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    Death of a Salesman DEATH OF A SALESMAN: THE QUEST FOR SUCCESS What is the "American Dream?" How does one define success? Many people hold different views on how to obtain true happiness. One common view is the accomplishment of something yearned. A majority of individuals desire love, compassion, and a family. On the other hand, there are those concerned with self-image, material items, and the fact that money can indeed buy true happiness. In Arthur Miller's play DEATH OF A SALESMAN

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    1. The most significant challenge to business success you see in this rapidly changing global economy; One significant challenge to business success in this rapidly changing global economy is that many business are focused on efficiency and economic of scales. Just like the example provided by Michael H. Hugo on Chapter 1, many companies are focused on lowering operating cost as much as possible. This is causing for executives not leave any room for unpredicted changes limiting the company’s

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    Throughout the play, I would like to mention four characters that were important in my mind; Willy Loman, Linda, Biff, and Happy. Willy is the main character who is an older salesperson who is lost in false hopes and illusions, a man who dreams of an easy success and wealth, but throughout his life, never achieves much. I felt sorry for him because he thinks he is doing the right thing in life, working and teaching his sons to be successful but everything he does

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    Death of a Salesman In his play, Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller employs many symbols to illustrate the themes of success and failure.  They include the rubber hose, the tape recorder, and the seeds for the garden.  These symbols represent Willy's final, desperate attempts to be successful and the failure he cannot escape.    The rubber hose represents both success and failure.  It is attached to the gas main in Willy's house and provides him with the opportunity to commit suicide.  Willy

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    whole-heartedly believed in equality amongst everyone. The problem with many of the intellectually talented is the mentality they withhold which automatically grants them bragging rights. Carson on the other hand was a silent achiever, very humble about his success

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    Winston Churchill once said, “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm” (BrainyQuote). To be successful means to achieve a goal or task at hand. People want success in anything they are doing. In his book entitled Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell tells us “What is the question we always ask about the successful? …what kind of lifestyles they have, or what special talents they might have been born with. And we assume that it is those personal qualities

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    In the second chapter of his book “Outliers: The Story of Success,” Malcolm Gladwell introduces what he believes to be a key ingredient in the recipe for success: practice. The number of hours he says one must practice to obtain expert-level proficiency in a particular skill is ten thousand hours. He goes on to list several examples of successful individuals and makes the correlation between the amount of hours they practiced their skill and when they achieved expert-level proficiency (almost always

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    Everyone wants to be successful. We all dream of having a decent job, a house, a car or two, good social connections and the respect of our peers. We dream of opportunity and freedom. In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, many characters are pursuing their own version of this dream, but they go about it in many different ways. Some see work and perseverance as necessities. Others think personal charm and popularity are essential in obtaining their dreams. We see the American Dream through the

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    personal reasons. If you were to look up the definition of a failure you will find that failure is a lack of success. People may take different views of success. For Holden, he may define success as simply passing one or two classes at school. Others view success as getting an A in every class, always doing your homework and showing up to class every day. The view of failure and success varies from person to person. After failing

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