Love or Hate? The Loman Family in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"

Term Paper , 2008 , 12 Pages , Grade: 2,0

English Language and Literature Studies - Literature

This paper deals with the familiar circumstances of the Loman family in Arthur Miller's play “Death of a Salesman”. Right from the beginning, the reader is confronted with a see-saw of love and hate between the family members. The aim of this paper is to make it easier to understand the characters and their behaviour as well as to analyse the relationships between them.

The distinctive humanity of the characters supports the reader's opportunity of putting himself or herself in the position of these characters. Finally, the result will show that there is more love than hate and that most of the hate is the hate that the characters have for themselves.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. The Loman Family – Love or Hate?
2.1 Introducing the most important characters
2.1.1 Willy Loman
2.1.2 Linda Loman
2.1.3 Biff Loman
2.1.4 Happy Loman
2.1.5 Uncle Ben
2.1.6 Charley and Bernard
2.2 Analysis

3. Conclusion

Bibliography

• College: Ruhr-University of Bochum (Anglistik und Amerikanistik)
• Course: American Drama
• Grade: 2,0
• Publication Year: 2008
• Pages: 12
• Catalog Number: V414332
• ISBN (eBook): 9783668651470
• ISBN (Book): 9783668651487
• Language: English
• Tags: Death of a Salesman, Loman, Lomans, Arthur Miller, Willy Loman, American Dream, Linda Loman, Biff Loman, Happy Loman, Uncle Ben, Charley, Bernard