Loss Of Personality In Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman

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Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman addresses a loss of personality and a man's failure to acknowledge change inside of himself and society. The play is a combination of dreams, memories, and arguments, all of which make up the most recent 24 hours of Willy Loman's life.

In the play when Linda’s staggered monologue appears “ Then make Charley your father, Biff. You can’t do that, can you? I don’t say he’s a great man. […] Attention, attention must be finally paid to such a person. You called him crazy “on (page 20) she is discussing about how she sees Willy’s excitement of abandonment and is for the most part reflected in her desire that Biff the eldest son is very attentive of his dad. Here, Linda shows that Willy’s reasons for horror
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