Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem
The title, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on Arthur Miller, a chronology of the author's life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.
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189 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 18, 2008 Type: User Review |
Superb look at the Human Condition
This classic play by Arthur Miller (1915-2005) examines human failure, high expectations, and the dark side of the American Dream. Willie Loman is an aging salesman whose figures have fallen to the point where he no longer makes a real living....
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 31, 2008 Type: User Review |
Rat Race Lost, State of Denial
Hopeless fathers & sons were a favorite theme of Miller. The pressure of failing aspirations. The horror of failure. Drawn between overconfidence and self-doubt. Flashbacks on scenes from a dreary life. Lies to others and oneself. Failures in job...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 29, 2007 Type: User Review |
Great Play!
Summary:
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 20, 2007 Type: User Review |
A Modern Tragedy
"Death of a Salesman" is a modern American tragedy. Yet, it can apply equally to any society where individuals become self-obsessed, lose touch with the bigger picture and allow themselves to be deluded by dreams of riches whilst ignoring the...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 19, 2007 Type: User Review |
Take a Second Look
I wasn't terribly impressed with "Death of a Salesman" while I read it. The play simply didn't live up to its acclaim, its noble status in American literature. I've heard Salesman referenced countless times over my life, all 22 years of it....
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 30, 2007 Type: User Review |
Questions for life's inventory
Poor Willie; he's just as much a victim of capitalism as the people he's screwed in business all those years. Long before American business became the global conspiracy of recent years (Enron, Haliburton,), business rested on the efforts of the...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 25, 2007 Type: User Review |
I read this play last year for my high school ap english II class.
It was a very well written play. It's major theme is the American dream. The main character Willy Loman is a very depressed man with a wife and two sons.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman slaps me back to reality, as it includes realistic suppositions about a family's and society's expectations. As the father won't settle for anything else but success, his family falls apart, reminding me of the potential result...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
Not everyone's cup of tea
Having read both The Crucible and The Death of a Salesman, I would have to say that The Crucible is Miller's better work, simply because I enjoyed the storyline a lot more, but maybe that's just my personal bias.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
A fine dream; the wrong approach.
Death of a Salesman is a moving play that touches the most human of our sentimental emotions. In it, a father suffers from neglect from his own family and from his coworkers, eventually leading to his demise. In it, a man has what many would...
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