Effects Of The American Dream On Relationships And...

Miller develops the relationship of Biff and Willy by exploring the effects of the American Dream on relationships and families affected by it. Particularly in the hotel scene, Miller explores the pressure to conform and to seek acceptance by others in order to meet society’s demands. Miller uses the loss of respect by Biff to show the negative effects of replacing family oriented ideals with consumerism to get acceptance from others. Miller does this with the use of the motif of the stockings. Earlier in the play, Linda is seen mending stockings as they are too expensive to buy, Miller uses the stockings to signify Linda and Willy’s family. The effect of the stockings is to show Willy giving away his family in search of approval from†¦show more content†¦Miller also uses the hotel scene to illustrate to the reader the negative effects of trying to get the American Dream by exploring the consumerist nature. For example, Willy believes that Biff will believe his excuses about The Woman being a buyer and that he can sell Biff lies. Miller shows this by Willy’s broken speech and the ineffectiveness of his words while trying to justify himself to Biff . The effect of this is showing that Biff has seen beneath Willy’s facade which he has b uilt up. â€Å"You don’t imagine -†, the hyphen indicates that Willy can’t think of any more excuses and he realises the futility of them and so he results to trying to act like Biff’s friend, blissfully unaware that Biff has changed as Willy’s entire persona that he built for himself as a great salesman and family man has just been destroyed. In addition to this, Willy’s understanding of the American Dream is that professional success is the only way to be happy, this is shown earlier in the play when Willy constantly wants to be up to date with the current trends so that he appears to be successful to others despite him not really wanting these material goods. Miller shows this through dialogue earlier, â€Å"Chevrolet, Linda, is the greatest car ever built.†, this shows Willy’s opinion on the car and that it is a great proof of success, thisShow MoreRelatedCase Studies67624 Words   |  271 Pagesstrategies in India: C-120 CASE 9 Nucor Corporation and the US steel industry C-128 CASE 10 Pacific Dunlop: Caught on the half volley C-157 CASE 11 Philip Morris C-173 CASE 12 Pisces Group of Singapore C-188 CASE 13 Raffles, Singapore’s historic hotel C-194 CASE 14 Southwest Airlines, 1996 C-205 Introduction Preparing an effective case analysis In most strategic management courses, cases are used extensively as a teaching tool.1 A key reason is that cases provide active learners with opportunitiesRead MoreStrategic Management20602 Words   |  83 Pageshttp://www.forbes.com, March 20; N. Clark , L. Wayne, 2007 Airbus hopes its planes, not its setbacks, will stand out, New York Times, http://www.nytimes. , com, June 18; G. 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