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        <title><![CDATA[Everyone in the family suffers, of course, but my first thought is that...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Everyone in the family suffers, of course, but my first thought is that Willy suffers the most. He's the one contemplating suicide, after all. His wife also suffers a lot. She's built her life around Willy and his delusions, and she seems nearly as bound up in them as he is.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 06:12:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Who do you think suffers the most from Willy's delusions and why?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Who do you think suffers the most from Willy's delusions and why?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:37:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Because of Willy's own insecurities and uncertainties, he favored one...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Because of Willy's own insecurities and uncertainties, he favored one son over another. Biff was his star, his dream. He poured all of his love and hope for the future and belief in success into the young Biff.  Biff, the football hero, Biff the Adonis, Biff the popular, Biff the leader. Happy, Biff's brother, was relegated to a far-off second place. He tried to get his father's attention, but he could never measure up to Biff, the shinig...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:32:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There is also something to be said for Willy's statement that Biff's...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There is also something to be said for Willy's statement that Biff's failure has all been "for spite." When Biff discovered that the dad he idolized was living a lie, he did, in some ways choose to fail. If some of what Willy had said was untrue, then it all must be--so why should Biff bother? In the end, it is indeed Biff's fault. A stronger person could have chosen to be better than what his dad revealed himself to be, but for Biff it was...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:45:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the final analysis, one of the lasting legacies of Miller's work is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the final analysis, one of the lasting legacies of Miller's work is the idea that human beings are the sum total of their actions and beliefs.  One of the truths spoken in the play comes out of Biff's mouth:  "I'm just what I am, that's all."  In this line lies much in the way of assessing blame or responsibility.  On one hand, Biff's life is what it is, as he is the ultimate agent of action for his existence.  His addiction and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:34:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Whose fault is Biff's failure in Death of a Salesman?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Whose fault is Biff's failure in Death of a Salesman?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:16:00 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ben Loman is Willy's older brother who apparently had success where...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Ben Loman is Willy's older brother who apparently had success where Willy failed. How much of what we know about Ben is from Willy's mind, so it's veracity is questionable.
According to Willy, Ben was an explorer and adventurer who found diamonds in Africa and timberland in Alaska. Ben never appears in the reality of the play, but is revealed through Willy's thoughts. Ben is everything Willy wanted to be, and everything he wants his sons to...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:39:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Death of a Salesmen by Arthur Miller, what does Ben represent?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Death of a Salesmen by Arthur Miller, what does Ben represent?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:36:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Willy's advice and guidance fairly guaranteed that Biff would fail not...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Willy's advice and guidance fairly guaranteed that Biff would fail not only in high school, but also in life. When Biff was growing up, Willy advised him, above all else, to be popular. Willy encouraged Biff to lie, cheat, and steal in order to get ahead and praised him when he succeeded in those endeavors. Willy did not hold Biff accountable for his actions; when Biff got himself into trouble, the fault always belonged to someone else. When...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:35:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What advice from Willy caused Biff's downfall in high school?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What advice from Willy caused Biff's downfall in high school?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:09:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Willy Loman, like many others after the Great Depression, bought into...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Willy Loman, like many others after the Great Depression, bought into the New Deal and the American Dream that said anyone who works well will prosper. What Willy fails to see was the role of ability and talent in success. Willy Loman refuses to see the reality of his salesmanship, and his failure to make the sales he thinks he will make if he just keeps doing the same thing.
There's a cliche that says something to the effect that if you keep...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:56:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Willy Loman certainly is a character living in a psychological world...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Willy Loman certainly is a character living in a psychological world that does not reflect reality. What probably began as an illusion, became a delusion over time. When reality could no longer be ignored, Willy took his own life rather than live outside his delusion.
Perhaps the "American Dream" is an illusion. Certainly Miller is not alone in believing the ideal of work leading to success is an impossiblity without either luck or...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:40:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In many respects, Miller does criticize the notion of living with...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In many respects, Miller does criticize the notion of living with illusion in his play.  Wily is consumed with the belief of "making it" through an economic mode of reference.  Much of this derives from Miller's characterization of Wily, who is seen throughout the play as one who believes in success through a "quick fix" and one who measures his own success through terms of money.  Such a notion derives from Wily's own inability to look...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:39:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Does Arthur Miller criticize living with illusion in his play Death of a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Does Arthur Miller criticize living with illusion in his play Death of a Salesman?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:47:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What elements of plot, dialogue, characterization, and theme make this a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/death-of-a-salesman/q-and-a/what-elements-plot-dialogue-characterization-theme-109321</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What elements of plot, dialogue, characterization, and theme make this a realistic play?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:18:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[If it's a real tragedy, Biff can't be responsible unless he is the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If it's a real tragedy, Biff can't be responsible unless he is the tragic hero. He's not.
"Death of a Salesman" is Arthur Miller's attempt to write a tragedy about an everyday guy. In classical tragedy, the tragic hero was always an individual of high position, a king or a prince lets's say, who falls precipitously from that high position because of his pride and a fault in his character... his tragic flaw.
In "Death of a Salesman," Willy...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:41:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Anybody that can help me?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Anybody that can help me?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:39:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Explain how Biff could be responsible for the tragedy of the play?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/death-of-a-salesman/q-and-a/explain-how-biff-could-responsible-tragedy-play-107855</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Explain how Biff could be responsible for the tragedy of the play?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:14:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[
Biff also comes home because, as he says himself, "I'm mixed up, mixed...]]></title>
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Biff also comes home because, as he says himself, "I'm mixed up, mixed up really bad."
He loves it out west. It's beautiful there: idyllic, filled with the simple poetry of the outdoors and working with one's hands. But part of him thinks he's not getting anywhere, not building a future, not making any money.
He comes home and finds that his brother, Happy, is successful but depressingly unfulfilled and that his father has been exhausted by a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:39:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Spring is the season of the melting of ice, rebirth and new growth....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Spring is the season of the melting of ice, rebirth and new growth. Arthur Miller brings Biff back home during the spring in his play, "Death of a Salesman," to symbolically illustrate this point. Other than his glory days as a high school football star, Biff has failed in nearly everything he has attempted. He is looking for a new start in life, so he has returned home to his roots in the hope of regaining some of the old Biff magic there....]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:05:37 PST</pubDate>
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