Death Of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Analysis of how it relates to the American Dream.

Death of a Salesmen by Arthur Miller, one of America's leading playwrights of the twentieth century was written in 1949. This play describes the conflicts within the Loham family to succeed in Willy Lohman' idea of the "American Dream". Willy Lohman's distorted mind believes that success is measured by your wealth and by the number of people that like you. In fact, Willy indicates that the number of people that like you is demonstrated by the …

…family and neighbor. Biff identifies who the real Willy was and what the true "American Dream" by saying "There were a lot of nice days.... making the stoop, finishing the cellar; putting up the garage...there's more of him in that front stoop than in all the sales he ever made" (2003). Miller, Arthur. "Death of a Salesman." The Norton introduction to literature. Ed. J. Paul Hunter, Alison Booth, Kelly Mays. 8th ed. New York: Norton, 2002.