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    Willy Loman Archetype

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    In Arthur Miller’s, Death of a Salesman, main character, Willy Loman, is the like millions of Americans in the working class. After being in the position many Americans have been through, he struggles to maintain his pride and dignity after being unsuccessful at work. Willy is a character that symbolizes all of working America and their daily battles against the world. That is what makes Willy a tragic hero. The tragic hero archetype goes through pivotal points and have many characteristics. A hero

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    Death of a Salesman is a play following the life of Willy Loman. In this specific excerpt, we are able to see a conversation between Willy and Linda. Willy is an interesting character because he always contradicts himself and always likes to judge other people; this is shown shown throughout the excerpt. Also, even though he judges his son, Biff, for not doing making enough money at age thirty four, Willy is older than Biff and still doesn’t make very much money. Willy Loman, in the excerpt

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    The character, Willy Loman, from the play The Death Of A Salesman can be considered in some cases as a tragic character. Throughout the play, Loman expresses multiple traits and factors that present his failures. He tends to obsess with the thought of him being a flourishing salesman and running a successful company. Willy thought about the concept frequently that he was too blind to see anything else that had happened. While he believed that he could achieve success, Willy Loman ultimately fails

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    In Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman, through the character of Linda Loman, the author implies that there is universal need for everyone to be respected even if they do not deserve to be. In the beginning of the play, Willy and Linda are talking about Biff and how he has not quite landed on his feet and Linda defends Biff by saying “He’s finding himself, Willy” (5). During this scene, Willy is criticizing Biff for being home at the age of thirty-four and how he cannot do a thing for himself

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    In the play, Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman is an individual who possessed an image of his prominence and who desired to fulfill much more prosperity than he was. Willy’s adversities could be blamed on society, but he brought an equal amount upon himself with his bad decision making, weakness, and his egotism. His bad decision making is evident when he commits adultery with the woman (p. 979). Willy had a stern belief of the American Dream that any person could soar upward from nothing to great

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    A young adult seeking to find himself after having self deception his whole life is faced with the truth of what kind of a man his father really is. Biff Loman, in “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller, had been raised all his life by following his father's philosophy of being successful having to be liked by all. Biff had been deceived his whole life by the fantasies his father Willy Loman would tell him. Willy is a man who would brag to his two sons, therefore covering up how miserable their lives

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    Death of a Salesman is a play that was written by Arthur Miller in 1949. The play tells the story of a sixty-year-old salesman named Willy Loman who is slowly being torn apart by the way his life has ended up throughout the years. Willy had made it his goal in life to be a successfully salesman who is well-liked by everyone. Willy realizes that his life is turning out to not be how he planned it to be and begins to have vivid hallucinations as an attempt to cope with the life choices and failures

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    In the play “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller, the protagonist Willy Loman is an individual who is governed by a desire for success. However, due to this, Willy is struggling to hold onto his relationships with the most important people around him. Willy is unfaithful to his wife and his relationship with his two sons, Biff and Happy, is strained. Willy tells his two sons, that the key to success in life is to have a smile and for people to like you. Willy believes if you have these two traits

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    Answer: In Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, minor characters give a string of reality in sharp stand out from Willy's universe of imagination; they likewise highlight the subject of missed open doors, and offer more profound experiences into real characters. Willy is a man living before, remembering previous profession achievement—well past the time of retirement: the times of earning substantial sums of money and being appreciated are gone...though Willy can't acknowledge this. Willy is likewise

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    Suicide is defined as the act of intentionally causing one’s own death. In Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman the main character, Willy Loman, is dissatisfied with his own life, which ultimately leads to his catastrophic end. Throughout the play, Willy is evidently suffering from some sort of mental or emotional issues. He suffers from depression and anxiety because of his dissipating career, his estranged relationship with his two sons, and his guilt for cheating on his wife. At the end of

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