These wrong decisions land Eddie with failed relationships with those who are close to him. Dramatic tension escalates continuously in act two ending with Eddie's fatal flaw, his own death. Eddie's death is fatal because it affects his family who care about him and they suffer as a result. Eddie is described as a tragic hero as he is an ordinary person, as opposed to a modern hero, who is stereotyped as a strong character, able to save the world. Eddie suffers as his happiness turns to misery because of his mistakes prompted by his harmartia.
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Script Analysis by Patrick D Quinn Death of a Salesman is a play about an aging salesman and family man who is slowly losing his mind. The play takes place in about the 1950’s in the suburbs of New England, mostly around Boston. The title character, Willy, is an aging husband and father of two who has worked for the same sales company for many years, but is starting to fall into financial trouble as a result of his slow loss of sanity. The author uses strange hallucination sequences to visualize the sad and weakening mental state of Willy as he deteriorates mentally throughout the play. The major conflict of this play is that Willy doesn’t realize he is losing his mind, but everyone around him does.
Hamlet Act 4 Questions 1. When Gertrude tells the King that Hamlet is “Mad as the sea and the wind when both contend which is the mightier.” I think she is believes that she because, Gertrude explains how Hamlet was in such a wrath that he was carless enough to kill a person that was hiding behind the curtain one of which he didn’t know the true identity of the man. 2. Claudius’s immediate reaction to the news of Polonius’s death reveals about his character that he is selfish and truly only cares about his own life and not about Polonius’s life. But he is also frightened of Hamlet and he isn’t as righteous a man as he wants people to believe that he is, he as well doesn’t want his public image will be ruined by this.
In one moment Romeo is full of anger and hatred for Tybalt, so he kills him. In the next moment he is full of regret with his decision. This character flaw is shown in many other instances as well. Finally, Romeo’s decisions are frequently thoughtless. If Romeo had thought through his suicide plan, he would have discovered that there was a better solution than killing himself.
Willy’s reality was a failure because all he wanted was the attention from everyone. He didn’t care that he had a crummy job or a run down house and car he just wanted everyone’s attention focused on him. He desired to be like Dave Singleman, who was very popular with his clients and able to do business by just making phone calls. Willy’s entrenchment in a quagmire of lies, delusions, and self-deceptions, ignore the significant accomplishment of his self. Willy fails to recognize the sometimes paining love freely offered to him by his family.
Lack of trust often leads to one’s downfall. This is shown in “Hamlet,” a play by William Shakespeare, and in the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. The main character in each of these works lacks trust and this ultimately leads to their deaths. The conflicts, theme and characterization in these literary works display why trust is needed in everyone’s life. In William Shakespeare's play, the main character, Hamlet finds out his father, the king, was killed by his uncle, Claudius.
But when does this white lie turn black? When does it become detrimental to one’s self, and ultimately ‘crush’ a person? In Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’, Willy is both literally and figuratively ‘crushed’ as a result of his own self-deception. His steadfast belief in the American Dream ultimately leads him to suicide and physical destruction, as a result of his own mental deterioration. However, as we all know that life is not simply black and white, we are able to see that the lies in the play not only affect Willy, but also the people around him, especially poor Biff.
Over the many years he was a salesman he always believed that it was people liking him was what made a salesmen. Willy’s first son is named Biff, Biff was mislead by Willy when he was younger. Willy mislead Biff by filling his head full of hot air, which lead to Biff believing that just him been well liked is the key to success in the business world. Willy never corrected Biff about stealing, so Biff went about life all wrong once he went was out on his own, he stole himself out of every job he had. In the end Biff recognizes his problem as well as the rest of his family's problem.
Seek it out!” (Act 5 sc 2 lines 342) Hamlet has lost his state of mind through out the play. Hamlet isn’t the type of person to take action as to kill a man, but the madness and unclear head as driven him to kill his many. He is insane and it is represented through the marriage of his mother, the death of Polonius and the death of his mother. Those are three reasons as to why Hamlet is
Decline of a Family Although it is evident that Willy and Biff Loman are related, there are also many characteristics that set them apart. They are both misplaced and seem to embellish the facts on a regular basis. However, they differ in their accountability for their action and the way they think. Willy’s misplacement can be defined by the fact that he is a truly unsuccessful salesman who is convinced happiness comes from the wrong things in life. Instead of following his true talent of building and becoming a carpenter, he went down the wrong path in life for himself.