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

him to provide the life his wife wanted and deserved . Both men failed

fascinated by accumulating things. His desire fior goods makes him

that he was unable to be content with his talents in carpentry and

so. He has a greater need for that money and deserves it, for all his

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

even though she is content with what they have. As he tries to live

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