Father & Sons Research Drama Essay
Research Drama Essay
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> Develop a 5-6 page reserach essay on the play story attached based on the
> following topic and reserach question:
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> *TOPIC*: Father & Sons
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> *RESERACH QUESTION*: How does the portrayal of Willy Loman’s life
> indirectly and directly affect the expectations of his sons, Happy and
> Biff?
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> The theme as it relates to sons and fathers, suggests that the main
> character, a father of two sons, strives to make his children what he would
> have them to be instead of who they individually chose to be. Not realizing
> that his own behavior primarily contributed to their rift.
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> Be sure to include dramatic elements used (i.e. foreshadowing, soliloquy,
> unities, conflict, symbols, style, tone, setting, irony, imagistic
> language, tragic, realism, etc.)
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> *Also be sure to use the following as resource:*
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> Ribkoff, Fred. “Shame, Guilt, Empathy, and the Search for Identity in
> Arthur Miller’s *Death of a Salesman*.” *Modern Drama* 43.1 (Spring 2000):
> 48-55. Rpt. in *Contemporary Literary Criticism*. Ed. Janet Witalec. Vol.
> 179. Detroit: Gale, 2004. *Literature Resources from Gale*. Web. 29 Oct.
> 2013.
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> http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.
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> *Avoid Wikipedia, ask.com <http://ask.com>, blogs, and study guides of any
> kind.*
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In 1949, two awards, Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play, were presented to Arthur Miller, a renowned playwright of those times for his piece “Death of a Salesman”. This play, originally written in English would later go on to win other Tony Awards, this time for Best Revival, and thrice to be precise. The play has been on set for an incredible 742 times on Broadway, making it undoubtedly among the best plays in the 20th century. While most people do agree that the nature of the play is tragic, and a good one at such, this masterpiece is not limited to this, with some even classifying…………….
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