文档介绍：Disillusionment of American in Death of a Salesman

高松
论文方向: 文学
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Submitted to
The School of Foreign Languages
Shandong University
In Candidacy for the Degree
Of Bachelor of Arts
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March 10, 2012
Contents

Abstract……………………………………………………………………………….3
中文摘要........................................................................................................................4
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………..5
Chapter I. Themes …………………………………………………………………...7

American Dream……………………………………………………..….…7

and Betrayal………………………………………………12

Chapter II. Motifs…………………………………………………………………...13
Mythic Figures…………………………………………………………...13

The American West, Alaska, and the African Jungle………………….13
Chapter III. Analysis of Major Characters and the Relationship……………….14
Major Characters…………………………………………………………14
Loman………………………………………………………..…14
Biff Loman………………………………………………………...…14
Happy Loman …………………………………………………….…15
Loman and Charley…………………………………..………16
The Relationship……………………………………………………….. 16
Willy’s relationship with Happy……………………………………..17
Willy’s relationship with Linda………………………………………17
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………...18
Notes…………………………………………………………………………………19
Bibliography………………………………………………………………………...21
Abstract
Willy Loman, the hero of Death of a salesman is a 63 years old traveling salesman .After many years, he suddenly realized that he was neither petent husband nor father. Whether according to his any other’s standard, neither of his two brothers was excellent, his career had already out of practice, too. So he had to escape reality to his memory about past.
At the beginning of the play, his two brothers came back home at the same time, they felt worried about father’s unpractical conversation and also worried about virtuous mother could not bear such pressure. A