Death of a Salesman Directors Vision - 1128 Words

14 Pall Mart Belgravia London SW10 Pier 4 Hickson Road Walsh Bay NSW 2000 I write to you to propose the production of Arthur Miller’s classic â€Å"Death of a Salesman.† As the title suggests, the book is about the death of a salesman named Willy Loman. However, through my production, it is not the inevitable ending that will be remembered by the audience. It will be the processes that led to Willy’s conflicted mind that will resonate in the audience’s mind. The underlying values of blind faith in the American dream and the narrow-minded definition of success, which are exemplified in Willy Loman, combine to form an example of a self-inflicted demise. However, through my production, the reasons behind Willy’s adherence to these†¦show more content†¦Props will be used as a beacon of reactions from the audience both in support and dissapproval of his actions. The seeds represent the worth of his labour, both as a salesman and a father. His desperately hopeless attempt to grow vegetables signifies his shame about ba rely having enough money to put food on the table. The seeds symbolise Willys sense of failure with Biff, Willys efforts to cultivate Biff went awry and realising that his American football-star of a son is just a lazy nobody who achieved nothing, Willy takes Biffs failure and lack of ambition as a reflection of his abilities as a father, shown by â€Å"Nothing’s planted. I don’t have a thing in the ground.† The connotations of the seeds can be both reacted with a sense of sympathy towards Willy’s failure as a father and salesman but also a criticism on his parenting skills, especially on Biff. The tape recorder in the play is also used to represent the end of Willys career. It is introduced when Howard no longer needs Willys services and without concern fires him. This, to Willy, was like, eating the orange and throwing away the peel. The tape recorder instills sympathy to the audience over the uncompromising nature of the American dream but is also a criticism of Willy, who does not accept change and clings onto the past. However, characterisation is definitely the most important technique. The characters of Uncle Ben and Linda shape and maintain Willy’s views of life and are therefore, the forceShow MoreRelated Schindlers List as An Accurate Documentation of the Holocaust2282 Words   |  10 Pagesthe Jews. This mans name is Oskar Schindler. Steven Spielberg has attempted to document his life during the Second World War. The movie Schindlers List demonstrates an accurate documentation of World War II and the Holocaust from a modern directors interpretation, and it is a good tool for teaching students about the Holocaust. On September 28, 1938, the leaders of Europe met in Munich to discuss Hitlers advances on Western Europe. The leaders that attended were British Prime Minister Read MoreStrategic Marketing Management337596 Words   |  1351 Pagesperspective from a member of the establishment in the early twentieth century, it is not surprising that the vision of writers such as Jules Verne and H.G. Wells was mocked, yet their premonitions have often come to be justified, with surprising speed and accuracy in some instances. We did, for example, have Concorde, despite Professor Pickering’s pessimism. It should not be expected that any particular vision of the future will be correct in every detail, nor necessarily very detailed in its conception. WritingRead MoreIncome Taxation Solutions Manual 1 300300 Words   |  1202 Pagesdates] The filing due dates are as follows: a) b) c) d) May 31, 20X7 (six months after the year-end of the corporation [ITA 150(1)(a)]) June 15, 20X7 [ITA 150(1)(d)(ii)] April 30, 20X7 [ITA 150(1)(d)(i)] August 21, 20X7 (later of six months after death and the normal filing due date [ITA 150(1)(b)] KC 3-8 [ITA: 150(1), 156.1(4), 248(1) – filing deadline and balance-due day for individuals] a) Bob’s   tax   return   is   due   April   30th of the following year [ITA 150(1)(d)(i)]. The balance of tax owing