Applied Operations Mgt. Afflictions - Psych. A six page paper looking at the way the protagonist of Arthur Miller s classic play imbues his son with his warped sociological values. The paper shows that the son s repeated failures in life are due to his father s idealization of him, and this in turn is based on the father s inability to see his own life realistically.
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A five page paper providing an overview of this classic American play. The paper discusses Willy Loman s role as hero, Miller s use of foil characters, dramatic suspense and exposition, and the influence of the play s set in our understanding of the play s theme. No additional sources. A 10 page paper looking at Arthur Miller s classic twentieth century play in terms of its indictment of capitalist society. The paper shows how the protagonists illusions distort his own values and those he teaches his sons, and observes that in that respect little has changed today.