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What does the play say about the country's system of free enterprise and competition?
(Consider the effects of an economic system that places great importanceon profit-making on the characters of Willy, Biff, Happyand Bernard as you work on your answer) Posted by chouerica on May 15, 2009. |
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The play is a wonderful slice of 1950s Americana. People bought on revolving credit just about everything in the household so the play reveals wonderfully the economic system of the US in the 1950s. Willy was moderately successful, he had a home while everyone else lived in an apartment. He owned a car, and he owned the things in his home. Granted he was still making payments on everything, but how many people can weather a 30-year mortgage nowadays? He was closing in on the last few payments. When Biff came to see Willy, didn't Willy say that he even knew the "mayor of Providence?" Willy was much more successful than readers give him credit. If anything, it was a false sense of the future which Willy didn't save for that brought about his tragic circumstances. Posted by epollock on May 18, 2009. |
