The American Dream Conspiracy in Death of a Salesman Essays -- Death o

Arthur moth millers Death of a Salesman tells the story of the adversity of a salesman, Willy Loman. Although not each Americans are salesmen, most of us share Willys imagine of success. We are all partners in the American Dream and parties to the conspiracy of whitewash surrounding the fact that failures must outnumber successes.(Samantaray, 2014) Miller amalgamates the archetypal tragic hero with the mundane American citizen. The result is the anti-hero, Willy Loman. He is a simple(a) salesman who constantly aspires to become great. Nevertheless, Willy has a waning career as a salesman and is an aging man who considers himself to be a failure but is incapable of consciously admitting it. As a result, the drama of the play lies not so much in its events, but in Willys deluded perception and recollection of them as the audience gradually witness the tragic demise of a confounded man. In creating Willy Loman, Miller presents the audience with a tragic figure of benignant pr oportions. Miller characterizes the usual man (the low man) and ennobles his achievements. Willys son, Biff, calls his father a prince, evoking a accomplishable comparison with Shakespeares Hamlet, prince of Denmark.. Thus, the play appeals greatly to the audience because it elevates an ordinary American to tremendous status. Death of a Salesman seems to conform to the tragic tradition that there is an anti-hero whose state of hamartia causes him to suffer. The audience is compelled to genuinely sympathize with Willys demise largely because he is an ordinary man who is subject to the same temptations as the rest of us. Miller uses many a(prenominal) characters to contrast the difference between success and failure in the American system. Willy Loman is a deluded salesman whose... ...ccess, and we measure men by occupational attainment quite a than by the more difficult process of considering the whole person. We are all partners in the American Dream and parties to the conspi racy of silence surrounding the fact that failures must outnumber successes. Perhaps the great power of Death of a Salesman is due to the fact that it breaks the conspiracy of silence and reveals to us a failure that too closely resembles our worst fears. Works Consulted Bloom, Harold. Arthur Miller. New York Chelsea, 2008.Griffin, Alice. Understanding Arthur Miller. capital of South Carolina University of South Carolina Press, 1996Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. U.K. Penguin, 2013.Samantaray, Swati. DYSTOPIA A CRITIQUE OF ARTHUR MILLERS DEATH OF A SALESMAN New Academia, Jan. 2014. Web. 18 May 2015.http//oaji.net/articles/2014/1439-1416462621.pdf