Destruction of the American Dream in Arthur Millers Death of A Salesma

Destruction of the American imagine in Arthur Millers Death of A Sales gentlemans gentlemanA white picket deal surrounds the tangible icons of the American Dreams in the middle 1900s a mortgage, an automobile, a kitchen gubbins paid for on the monthly - installment - plan, and a silver plunder representative of high school football triumph. A pathetic level examining the consequences of mans harmartias, Arthur Millers Death of A Salesman satisfies many, besides non all, of the essential elements of a disaster. creation peels away the thin layers of Willy Lomans American Dream a dream create on a lifetime of poor choices and false values. Although the characters are not of noble birth nor possess a heroic nature nor sustain a reversal of fortune, many of the elements in Death of A Salesman reach the criteria of a classic tragedy. The downfall and crisis points in the play are nowadays linked to the Loman familys combined harmartias, or personal flaws. The Lomans have unrea listic ideas regarding the subject matter of success. To Willy, the foundation of success is not education or hard work, but rather who you know and the smile on your face. Moreover, Willy ridicules the education Bernard has earned, declaring that his sons, clout and Hap, allow get further ahead in the business world because the man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who creates personal interest, is the man who gets ahead. Be liked, and you will never want. Willy idolizes two men his brother, Ben, who walked out of an African hobo camp a rich man, and an 84-year-old salesman who could pick a phone in twenty or thirty cities and be remembered and loved, and finally honored by hundred of mourners at his funeral. To Linda, success is paying off a 25... ...ue values. In appurtenance to the link between a characters downfall and the characters harmartias, recognition, or personal discovery, is a crucial element of tragedy. In the requiem of the play, Biff had a glimpse of personal recognition, although Willy, Linda, and Hap never discover the truth about themselves. Biff realizes Willy had the wrong dreams. In accepting the truth about his father, Biff is equal to(p) to make a decision about his own future ground on a realistic view of his capabilities. Is Death of A Salesman a tragedy or an illustration of pathos? By classic standards of tragedy the play fails only in the types of characters and lack of reversal of fortune, not in its examination of the consequences of mans harmartias. Realistic dreams, suitable choices, and honest values are the needed tools to build the white picket fence of the American Dream.