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Gerald Clifford Weales (1925–2013)

Autor(a) de Death of a Salesman [critical edition]

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Obras por Gerald Clifford Weales

Associated Works

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) — Prefácio, algumas edições39,292 exemplares
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Tulane Drama Review T36 — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares

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Weales, Gerald Clifford
Data de nascimento
1925-06-12
Data de falecimento
2013
Sexo
male

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I read this in my HS English class.
 
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AmieB7 | 7 outras críticas | Jan 21, 2016 |
A truly sad story, but one that appealed to me. Well-written and heartwrenching, it is very easy to see why Death of a Salesman is considered a classic. It is about the premature death that comes about when oen deludes oneself into believing something that simply isn't true.
 
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lizzy-x | 7 outras críticas | Jul 3, 2011 |
I'd heard this play referenced so many times but still knew almost nothing about it. Well, imagine George Costanza if he wasn't played for laughs and had two kids who idolized him and believed all his bullshit. It'd be the saddest thing in the world. In that sense--the pathetic self-inflicted grinding up of a mediocre man determined to appear great--the fact that when greatness is all you value, all else is ashes, and the only other alternative is cutting off your nose to spite your face--this is true tragedy. It's also, of course, a parable on post-industrial capitalism--we can't build our lives on anything real anymore: it's all smoke and mirrors, networking and marketing. Willy Loman thought there was room for the human subject and human sympathy in the machine. He was a positivist in a decentered, structuralist system. He, and his family, paid the price.


It's just gotten worse, too, you know. They had the "installment plan"--we have "financing", or more likely we just throw everything on our credit cards and pretend like it's already paid for. We are liars within liars, and we'll never be exposed like Loman was--because as long as we're not exposed, but live in fear of it, we can go on consuming, feeding the machine. Capitalism thrives on people who are afraid and have something to prove, and crave the esteem and love of others. Be brave, and love who you are yourself.
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MeditationesMartini | 7 outras críticas | Mar 2, 2011 |
A play of tragedy. A journey through the daily life of an ordinary man with a self misconception, which ultimately leads his downfall.
Students can use this play to come to understand the fallacies of the "American Dream" in an ordinary American man.
Lesson Plan suggestion:
http://ubdeducators.wikispaces.com/Dana+Death+of+a+Salesman+Unit
 
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salisb27 | 7 outras críticas | Nov 1, 2010 |

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Avaliação
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Críticas
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ISBN
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