Essays about: "Arthur Miller"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Arthur Miller.

  1. 1. The Loman family's dreams of success : An analysis of Death of a Salesman through Althusser's theory of ideology

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Haben Haile; [2023]
    Keywords : Dream; American dream; success; accomplishments; Althusser; ideology; ideological apparatuses; Arthur Miller; family;

    Abstract : This essay aims to analyze the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller from an Althusserian perspective, focusing on his theory on ideology and ideological apparatuses. The theory has been implemented by analyzing the main characters individually to decipher their ideological views and how they have been subjects of interpellation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Willy Loman's Impact on his Own World : A Lacanian Analysis of a Life Lived in Incongruence

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Can Incegül; [2022]
    Keywords : psychoanalytic theory; Jaqcues Lacan; mirror stage; symbolic stage; language; unconscious; repression; regression; defense mechanisms; Willy Loman;

    Abstract : In the 1949 play The Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller depicts a man that goes through life without ever really understanding his own place in it. Willy Loman spends his life chasing a dream yet lacks the ability to achieve it. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Effects of Mass Culture on the Loman Family : The Frankfurt School Critical Theory Applied to Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Henrik Levin; [2021]
    Keywords : Miller; Marx; alienation; Frankfurt School; critical theory; mass culture; conformity; consumerism; escapism; law of success;

    Abstract : This essay discusses the effects of mass culture on the Loman family in Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman. The focus is to identify whether conformation to mass culture and alienation have caused the characters to be lonely and to give up what they enjoy and to fall in line with a system where individuality is replaced by totality. READ MORE

  5. 4. The process of Individuation in Willy Loman : A Jungian Archetypal Literary Analysis of the Protagonist in Arthur Miller’s Play Death of a Salesman Compared to the Classical Hero of Odysseus in Homer’s The Odyssey

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Joakim Åberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Archetypal Literary Criticism; Jungian archetypes; Individuation; Willy Loman; Death of a Salesman; Odysseus; The Odyssey;

    Abstract : This study is an archetypal literary analysis of Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman and Homer’s The Odyssey. The analysis aims to demonstrate how Arthur Miller’s protagonist, Willy Loman, in Death of a Salesman demonstrates several stages of Carl Gustav Jung’s theory of the individuation process, similar to Odysseus in Homer’s The Odyssey. READ MORE

  6. 5. Willy Loman's Deterioration : From a Psychoanalytical Perspective

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Rafaela Dimitriadi; [2019]
    Keywords : Willy Loman; Death of a Salesman; Suicide; Narcissism; Borderline Personality Disorder; Psychoanalysis; Freud;

    Abstract : This essay will analyze the protagonist of Arthur Miller’s, Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman, from a psychoanalytical perspective. The purpose is to establish the reason for his suicide. READ MORE