noble thing unless they become so obsessed with the the ideal that it

becomes a yolk and they are unable to realize their dream. This is

especially true for two characters in Arthur Miller's plays Death of a

Salesman and The Price. In these two plays Miller portays two

lower-middle class men , Willie Loman and Victor Franz, respectivelly,

who each live by an ideal that ultimately is self-defeating. Willie

lived to pursue the American dream rather than living the American

dream and Victor lived to serve and be decent rather than living a

noble and decent life. They pursed their ideal rather than living it

and thus they are unable to succeed.

Willie Loman, in Death of a Salesman,, has lived his life in

pursuit of the American dream. Traditionally the American dream

meant oppurtunity and freedom for all, and Willie believed that.

However, hard work could not earn him everything that he wanted or

thoght he deserved. Willy judged himsel and those arround him by theit

material accumulation, as is demanded by capitalism and the protestant

work ethic. The ethic demands accumulation and work as signs of favor

Walter was in school Victor cared for their aging father at a great

adopts a quest for himself however, he pursues that quest to the point

portrayed by the play Victor is still selfless as he constantly calls

achieve and his not pusuing medicine caused him to remain a part of

because the became so involved in living by impossible standards that

earlier sacrifices for Walter's sake, but he will not take it. With

Dream, happiness and freedom, and the dream took control of him. He

the American dream he venerates those who have been successful at

police academy, a profession that is marked by self- sacrifice for

to do so. Victor's insistence on helping others made it impossibe for

to fulfill those intentions rather than living and fulfilling the

tries to make arrangements to include his brother in the business deal

accumulate wealth and objects. The consumer oriented society in which

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