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1. 1. 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

3. 2. The Loman Family’s State of Mind : A Psychoanalytical Reading of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Niklas Eklöf; [2020]
   Keywords : Loman Family; Willy Loman; Biff Loman; Happy Loman; Linda Loman; Death of a Salesman; Psychoanalysis; Model of personality; Id; Ego; Superego; Freud; Defence mechanisms;

   Abstract : This essay will analyse the members of the Loman family of Death of a Salesman from a Freudian psychoanalytical perspective. The purpose is to understand what goes on inside the mind of these characters through Freud’s structural model of personality, the Id, Ego and Superego. The members of the Loman family are no longer happy with their lives. READ MORE