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Death of A Salesman; Portrale of an AMerican Dream

American Dream
Throughout time people have been striving for the American dream and financial success. In Arthur Millers, Death of a Salesman, the entire story focuses on the search for success and the American dream. Each character possesses a certain belief about financial success and the American dream. There are many different points of view of each character gives a message to the audience which defines success and the dream. In Arthur Millers, Death of a Salesman, the Loman family with the exception of Ben, had a certain lack of reality, which restrained the Loman’s American dream.
All of the characters defiantly have problems with reality. Willy Loman is the most delusional of the play, often having many hallucinations and flashbacks. Willy was unable to live up to his own expectations of success. Ben, Willy’s brother, is quite the opposite of his sibling. He is an extremely successful person who is wealthy. However it is quite hard to distinguish Ben as a real p...

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