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... Kate Chopin conveyed just that in her short story “The Awakening”, with Arthur Miller following suit some eighty years later in the dramatic theatre piece titled “Death of A Salesman. ...
A suicidal act, in itself, does not define the death it instigates. ... In “Death of A Salesman”, he tries with neither monetary nor personal gain to be a success in the title occupation of sales. ... Wracked with the guilt of such failure, Willy saw his only viable solution in death. ... ” (1839) The insurance that his death would bring his family was more than Willy could have brought in working his sales trade. ... ” (1807) The occupation of a salesman did not, however, make Willy Lomann well-liked, and rather drove him to misery and depression, and into considerably deep debt. The realization that being a salesman was advancing him nowhere in society, and rather making him quite unsuccessful by definition, deeply disturbed Willy. ... Not being able to bear harming her children or husband in such a way, she saw her only escape from misery to be death. ... Their tragic circumstances, leading to personal turmoil and ultimately death, would effectively furnish an argument that suicide is the cause more of society than of a sickness of the mind.
Approximate Word count = 1570
Approximate Pages = 6.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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