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Chargement... Death of a Salesman (Viking Critical Library) (original 1967; édition 1996)par Arthur Miller, Gerald Weales (Directeur de publication)
Information sur l'oeuvreDeath of a Salesman [critical edition] par Arthur Miller (1967)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I read this in my HS English class. I'd heard this play referenced so many times but still knew almost nothing about it. Well, imagine George Costanza if he wasn't played for laughs and had two kids who idolized him and believed all his bullshit. It'd be the saddest thing in the world. In that sense--the pathetic self-inflicted grinding up of a mediocre man determined to appear great--the fact that when greatness is all you value, all else is ashes, and the only other alternative is cutting off your nose to spite your face--this is true tragedy. It's also, of course, a parable on post-industrial capitalism--we can't build our lives on anything real anymore: it's all smoke and mirrors, networking and marketing. Willy Loman thought there was room for the human subject and human sympathy in the machine. He was a positivist in a decentered, structuralist system. He, and his family, paid the price. It's just gotten worse, too, you know. They had the "installment plan"--we have "financing", or more likely we just throw everything on our credit cards and pretend like it's already paid for. We are liars within liars, and we'll never be exposed like Loman was--because as long as we're not exposed, but live in fear of it, we can go on consuming, feeding the machine. Capitalism thrives on people who are afraid and have something to prove, and crave the esteem and love of others. Be brave, and love who you are yourself. A play of tragedy. A journey through the daily life of an ordinary man with a self misconception, which ultimately leads his downfall. Students can use this play to come to understand the fallacies of the "American Dream" in an ordinary American man. Lesson Plan suggestion: http://ubdeducators.wikispaces.com/Dana+Death+of+a+Salesman+Unit Door en door tragisch verhaal van een kleine man die opging in de American Dream, zichzelf en zijn omgeving bedroog en eraan ten onder gaat. Knappe dialoogwisseling, ingenieus gebruik van filmische technieken voor flashbacks. Eerste keer gelezen op 18 jaar, als verplichte schoollectuur. Toen al erg onder de indruk aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning play centering on the despair of a traveling salesman who is forced to face the truth he has evaded all his life. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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