Consequences Of A Superficial Dream Will Loman - 1076 Words

Sandra Marcushamer Miss O’Connell English II – 3 April 20, 2015 Consequences of a Superficial Dream: Will Loman Various numbers and symbols throughout Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, highlight an important equation worth noticing that prove Willy Loman’s frame on life. Success is equal to money; money is greater than life; success and money lead to fame and name brands, which lead to ultimate happiness. A man, more living than dead in his own dream fails to interpret the importance of life any other way. Because of his failed outlook, he believes his self worth is better off dead than alive. His lack of honesty and impersonation of a man contrary to himself are of his biggest failures in pursuing a superficial dream that consequence to his death. Willy Loman, protagonist of the play is a salesman who has worked for the Wagner Company over thirty years. Always seeming to sell very little, Willy’s personal posestions extend from an old refrigerator to a falling apart car. Just like his objects, he himself is also deteriorating and in need of constant fixing or encouragement to make it just one more day. He constantly tells himself, Linda, Biff and Happy that he is an omnipotent person. â€Å"America is full of beautiful towns and fine, upstanding people. And they know me, boys, they know me up and down New England. The finest people. And when I bring you fellas up, there’ll be open sesame for all of us, ’cause one thing, boys: I have friends. I can park my car in any streetShow MoreRelatedLife of Pi1276 Words   |  6 Pagesis forced into the pursuit of the American Dream of that context whilst the rejection of the American Dream also leads to social rejection. Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Sales man looks at the notion of the American Dream and the consequences one faces by valuing and devaluing social certain social ideals. Sam Mendez directs the story told in American Beauty of one man’s search for happiness after the realisation of the inadequate satisfaction the Dream presented. Both these texts looks at the illusionRead More Comparing the American Dream in Millers Death of a Salesman and Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun3400 Words   |  14 PagesComparing the Destructive American Dream in Millers Death of a Salesman and Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun America is a land of dreamers. From the time of the Spanish conquistadors coming in search of gold and everlasting youth, there has been a mystique about the land to which Amerigo Vespucci gave his name. To the Puritans who settled its northeast, it was to be the site of their â€Å"city upon a hill† (Winthrop 2). They gave their home the name New England, to signify their hope for aRead MoreAnalysis Of Death Of A Salesman And Of Mice And Men 1943 Words   |  8 Pagesand hopelessness of the American dream in the play â€Å"Death of a Salesman† and in the novella â€Å"Of Mice and Men†. The American Dream is the idea that any man or woman can make his or her own fortune, despite his or her past. The principles of the American dream are hard work and determination it is believed that this will ensures success. Through the creation of the main characters of the play and novella Arthur Miller and John Steinbeck show that the American dreams is fraudulent. During the 1920s andRead More Comparing Light and Growth in A Raisin in the Sun and Death of a Salesman2358 Words   |  10 Pagesaround the small, fragile seeming home. This juxtaposition of the two settings mirrors the battle in Willy Lomans mind. The wide open potential of the true American spirit which he thinks he represents is opposed to the confined reality of his superficial values and narrow viewpoint.    Willy demonstrates his two sides in the first scene of the play. In one line he says of Biff, How can he find himself on a farm? Is that a life? then he contradicts himself by commenting    TheresRead MoreThe Changing Relationship Between Individual and Society in Modern Drama3272 Words   |  14 Pagesimproving his masculinity. Writing most of his prose in the latter half of the nineteenth century; Ibsen was placed in a world where as a consequence to polite society, being honest and sincere was considered a tragic flaw thus preventing it from fostering any form of elevated morality He used his work to reveal the core truths of contemporary reality through superficial contemporary ideals and therefore educate his audiences on how a womans `duties towards others was actually preventing her from fulfilling