Willy Loman’s dream is to be really successful and have a lot of money. This is not an unreasonable dream, however, he is way too prideful to ever accomplish it because if he can’t get a white collar job then he doesn’t want a job at all.
Living on a farm and surviving off the fat of the land is Biff Loman’s dream. Unfortunately he will never accomplish this because he seeks his father’s approval. Willy raised his boys to never settle for blue collar jobs and not doing their own work but have people work for them. So Biff will probably not persue his dream, at least not while his father is alive.
Happy wants to be a sucessful business man with a hot wife that is strong and determined. Although, he has the same problem as his dad, pride. Also he is a womanizer and stuck in his old ways….he will probably not change.
My dream is to grow in my faith as a Christian and marry a man with the same beliefs and values and have a family. This is my desire, although I am content with whatever God has in store for me, because I know that my joy and happiness lies solely on my trust in Him.
Arthur Miller is known for writing more than 30 plays in his lifetime! A lot of times he uses things going on around him for inspirations for his stories; for example The Crucible is about the Salem Witch Trials and accusing people of crimes that they might or might not have done. Politically this was going in in society at the time that Miller was writing this piece. Wow! That is crazy! He is brave to use his writing to implement his opinion about what is going on in politics, it could either make him or break him. Even though it is not straightforward, his opinion is clear in the play. Miller claimed that he “looked to the Greeks for inspiration”. His work is infused with his sense of responsibility to humanity and to his audience.
Gallon, Rachel. Arthur Miller Biography. Retrieved January 25, 2012. Web.
