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How Does Arthur Miller Use Metaphors In Death Of A Salesman

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Everyone has a dream, but not compared to Willy's dream. Willy is a salesman, who lives in Brooklyn, NYC. Willy wanted everyone to cherish him, but he had a love for money. He thought money was a great significance to success. Willy wanted to live the American Dream. He wanted to be a successful salesman and make a lot of money, but he fails in the end. Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman, symbolizes how Willy's life is not the American Dream he would have liked it to be, which is demonstrated through irony, metaphor, and imagery, Ironically, Miller symbolizes how the American Dream criticizes Willy's life. Like mentioned before, Willy wanted to be very successful in his career, produce a fortune for him and his family, but he failed. …show more content…

A metaphor is comparing an object not using like or as. Miller uses metaphors throughout the play to symbolize Willy's success in life. For instance, Miller uses nature to represent Willie's career. According to Miller’s play, Ben said to Willy, “The jungle is dark but full of diamonds, Willy” (2018, p. 223). The quote represents how Willy wanted to be like his brother, Ben. He wanted to be very rich in the business world but is never successful. He never finds the diamonds, or “success”, but he found depression because his life was not how he wanted it to be. The jungle imitates society, or the American Dream, because society is full of success, but Willy needed to accomplish it. Today, people can relate to Willy, because some people try to find success, or the jungle, but they never find the diamonds. Metaphorically, Miller describes how Willy's life is not the American Dream of a …show more content…

Imagery is a visual image described through sense, smell, touch, hear, and taste. Miller uses imagery throughout the play to represent fame or success, like sports. Imagery is used through sports, because Willy sees the fame or popularity in sport, which lead to the reason why Willy wanted Biff to play football. Biff is the captain of the football team, and has a huge crowd following him in the halls after class. Happy wants him and Biff to open their own business in sporting goods for the public to see. (2018, p. 163). Sports is not known for the achievement, but for the fame it results in. Even though Willy wanted Biff to be an excellent quarterback in football, Biff did not play. Instead, he worked in construction work and was an average, working man. Individuals can relate to this, because individuals may not be successful in sports and must work in other low-time jobs. Willy was disappointed that Biff failed his excellence in football, thus is an example of a failure of the American

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