In the play Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, there are three themes that occur throughout. One of the big themes of the book is the idea of the American Dream. The American Dream is the idea of a "self made man" who succeeds in life and goes from poverty to being rich. Willy believes that being "well- liked" and popular are the keys to success and he tries to instill these beliefs in his two sons, Happy and Biff. At first the dream was Willy's, but he has gotten too old and didn't succeed, so now he wants that life for his sons, and wants to push them to get it.
Another theme in Death of a Salesman is the idea of abandonment. This is shown through Willy's whole life. When Willy was about 3 or 4 years old his dad left the family, so Willy never really go to know him. When he left he also left the family with hardly any money. Later on Willy's older brother, Ben leaves to go start a life in Alaska. Those two losses in Willy's young life could very well be the reason for Willy's yearning for the American Dream.
A third theme shown in the play is deception. Willy doesn't want to let down or look bad in front of his family, so he tries to make himself sound better then he really is. He tells his sons that he makes more money than he really does, so he will sound more successful. He doesn't want to appear as a failure to his sons, he wants it to look like he posses the American Dream. He also lied to his wife, Linda about how much money he made so he didn't appear to have failed, even though Linda knew how much he was really making and what he was really doing. He also was dishonest about the fact that he was cheating on Linda. She just assumed he was working she didn't know what was going on. Biff did find out about it, because he walked in on them.
Nicole
Nicole
I agree with these themes. I also wrote about the American Dream (i think) because that is what Willy is trying to accomplish- home ownership, becoming rich, etc..
ReplyDeleteI wrote about the American Dream too. I also mentioned how Willy doesn't have the best interpretation of the American Dream beause he beleives being "well-liked" is the only key to success.
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