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'Death Of A Salesman And La Bella Dame Sans Merci'

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Miller thinks that "America [hasn't] got over the depression" which suggests that the American Dream is futile and that broken promises are common. This ideology is engineered in 'Death of a Salesman' as to when Willy thinks that finance and admiration are the catalysts for living life optimally: "Be liked and [you'll] never want", “the things that I love in this world [is] work”, “selling [is] the greatest career a man could want”. This suggests that Willy is a tragic victim as his love for his family takes a backseat for his thirst for business, which does not result in success as the American Dream has promised but instead family conflict and misery. Similarly - in ‘La Bella Dame Sans Merci’ - the knight is shown to be completely immersed

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