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What is marxism?

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The depiction of society is dependant upon consumerism and is a product of capitalism

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What does Marx believe to lead to alienation from a capitalists own humanity?

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Workers are exploited by their employers
Negative impact on capitalists who throw all their energy into acquiring material wealth

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What is Willy both a victim and a functionary of politically?

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Capitalism and consumerism

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What was Eleanor Clark’s view on Willy as a victim of capitalism?

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“It is the capitalist system that has done Willy in”
“Form of money economy that has bread the absurdly false ideals of both fathers and sons”

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Why did Jeffrey Mason suggest as to why an audience doesn’t rebel against the class structure or the capitalist system?

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It is the capitalist system and class structure that restricts Willy, though the audience only see him in personal terms

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How did Raymond Williams counter Jeffrey Mason’s suggestion?

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Raymond Williams sees Willy as “the image of a salesman” and that he is used as a “commodity”

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How would a feminist view Linda in the play?

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As the archetypical supporting wife and loving mother.
She can also be seen as a nurturing figure

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How did Guerin Bliquez interpret Linda’s role in the play?

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“To overlook the part she plays in her husband’s pathetic downfall is to miss one of the most profound levels in Miller’s subtle structuring”
“She accepts a liar, a cheat and a pompous fraud

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What was Janet Balakian and Kay Stanton’s feminist interpretation of the play as a whole?

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The play is an expression as to how men depend on the exploitation of women to maintain their foothold in the quest for advancement

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What is the effect of the audience never seeing Linda leave the house?

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Linda is seen carrying the washing in mobile concurrency which represents her meaningless work and that she is a house wife, stereotypical

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What is the effect of Willy telling Linda: “kiss the life out of you”

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It was intended as a statement of love though it is in fact a lie and meaningless. This can be interpreted through the laughing of the woman in the background, which portrays Willy’s guilt

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What is the effect of Linda saying: “If you can’t have any feelings for him (Willy) then you can’t have any feelings for me”

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Linda defines herself to be part of Willy and shows that she is completely oblivious to his infidelity

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How is it shown that Happy is more misogynistic than Biff?

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Happy lies to Miss Forsythe and impresses her through false pretences
Moreover, Happy objectifies and demeans women:
“like bowling or something. I just keep knocking them over and it doesn’t mean anything”

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Who was Sigmund Freud?

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He created psychoanalysis, a new approach to understanding human personality

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What was the Oedipus complex?

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A boys tendency for him to have sexual feelings for his mother while wanting to replace his father in her affections

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Who endorsed the Oedipus complex?

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Carl Jung

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How does Willy unconsciously protect against his own painful experiences?

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He uses defence mechanisms to avoid facing his problems and not to face the present, showing that Willy does in fact live in the past

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How does Biff adopt a lesser version of the Oedipus complex?

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He begins to hate his father and turns to his mother, calling her his “pal”