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from his boss. That night Willy starts having flashbacks that wake up his sons, Biff and Happy. Biff worries about his father and decides to find a local job in order to fix him and his father’s relationship. Linda tells Biff and Happy that Willy has been trying to attempt suicide and blames Biff for Willy’s unhappiness, not on the main reason, their financial problems. Biff tells his father that he is going to see a former employer about a job the next day and Willy gets overjoyed at the thought

wrote the protagonist, Willy, to be viewed as a tragic hero. In addition, Willy and his neighbor Charley, created a foil in the story, bringing that American Dream to life. Willy Loman's tragic flaw in Death of a Salesman has reflected his way of life through ignorance. Some people may call him a tragic hero for never realizing his true self. His delusions were the cause of his own downfall. He believed that his own son, Biff, would take wish in becoming a businessman.

not become obsessed with their goals and let it take control over their lives. For Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, the “...obsessive desire to succeed” creates major problems because what they perceive as successful is completely disillusioned (Brockett, 97). Both Gatsby and Willy are unable to achieve their dream because “...psychological realism has replaced external realism” (Brockett, 98). Their sole focus on the dream

sorrowfully. They mourned that their lives were to be laid down for others; however, Willy Loman from “Death of a Salesman” gave up his life courageously. Arthur Miller's character, Willy Loman, thought the only way he could help his family was to die. After much defeat Willy reflected on his life and said that he was of more value dead than alive (Miller 2173). Many arguments have been made about Willy's character; is Willy truly tragic or plainly pathetic? Considering all the factors of Willy's life that

In Izzy, Willy-Nilly, Izzy, who is a teen is struck with a heart-breaking disability after an accident. Throughout the novel she fights through her injury, remaining strong and determined. Although, times got rough and sad, she stayed positive in several aspects. After losing her left leg, she was left with various difficult adjustments to make. However, Izzy was traumatized by the accident, leaving her with a life changing disability. Her family and friends’ reactions to her amputation of her leg

it is a dangerous task, to try and pursue the american dream. Jay Gatsby and Willy Loman are trying to recreate their dreams from their past. Willy’s past was satisfactory. Whereas in Jay Gatsby’s case, his past was the happiest

both deal with financial problems, a dysfunctional father, and the father’s affair. Both Troy Maxson and Willy Loman cannot get along with their own families. The difference between Troy Maxson and Willy Loman is that racial discrimination has feared Troy into being very negative and Willy has a mental issue that would make him think that he needs to be rich (salesman). In Death of a Salesman, Willy mental issues make him not properly run his family the right way. He focuses way too much on business

Willy Russell 's Educating Rita 'Educating Rita ', a sensational, dramatic, however, consistent with its passing on of a ladies ' regular quandary composed by Willy Russell - passing on his illustration of life in a manner that which the audience can appreciate from. A woman in her late twenties, Rita, is shown to be struggling with the basic things a regular woman counter every day and the major phases of life as she becomes 'educated ' and sets herself ‘free’. The main theme of this play is CHANGE

play “Death of a Salesman” Willy was trying to become the perfect salesman. He thought that the only way he would make his family proud of him was to become the best salesman. He wanted to become rich and successful which caused him to become selfish and greedy just by trying to achieve what he thought the American dream was. He thought that the only way to achieve the American dream was to become the best salesman. In the play, “Death of a Salesman,” the character Willy Loman was adamant on achieving

illusions and imposes them on anyone around him-or becomes irate with those who point out the errors of his actions and/or logic.  The truth of modern society is that it represents one that thwarts man in his effort to achieve his "rightful dignity", but Willy never accepts the discovery of the moral law (which to Miller is the illumination of tragedy) which supports a man's right to achieve such dignity.  Instead, he tries to live by the