If man is dissatisfied with his lot in life, he need simply try to the best of his ability, and the
coveted “good life” will follow. So goes the narrative of the American Dream, once thought to be a
universal truth. However, that dream is dead, and, if Arthur Miller is to be believed in the Death of a
Salesman, it has been for the better part of a century. The only character to show any semblance of
recognizing this new truth, then, is Biff Loman. While his family remains stagnant…
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