Death Of A Salesman Essay

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What does Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a salesman, suggest about family relationships and the American Dream?
Death of a Salesman is a tragedy story that narrates the struggles of a middle class family that is residing in Brooklyn, New York city in the 1940. The play attempts to criticize an American society that only focuses on empty materialistic values. Arthur has tried to personify the existing struggle of a community that believes and hopes in the American Dream and a family of a middle class that is attempting to make the dream a reality. From the play, Willy Loman is a protagonist who has been portrayed as spiritless, overworked and depressed. Loman is a working class man; however, he is being disturbed by delusions of sumptuousness. The essay aims to show what the play suggests regarding family relationships and the American Dream. …show more content…

The play begins by Loman coming back from work due to a business trip to England. He informs his wife that he has been daydreaming while he was drifting and driving off the road. From the start, he appears spiritless, worn out and tired and his wife appears to be concerned and worried about this situation. Loman’s character symbolizes the plight of middle class, especially, one who is working in the New York City. His life experience evokes the feelings of sadness and pity from the audience. The audience is likely to sympathize with him because he has been portrayed as a good guy who has been caught up in a cycle, where he is only trying to keep up with a society that embraces modern culture of capitalism. As the story line proceeds, it is obvious that Willy is not a good guy and we are able to see that he is rather a selfish guy, who is not able to account for his own actions which eventually lead into his

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