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{{quote|''He's liked... but not well-liked.''|'''Willy Loman'''|''Death of a Salesman''}}
Once upon a time (in the 1940s), playwright [[Arthur Miller]] (some time husband of [[Marilyn Monroe]]) set out to disprove one of the fundamental theories about the [[Tragic Hero]] -- specifically, that the
Willy Loman is an aging, washed-up salesman obsessed with the concept of greatness and convinced that being liked is the most important thing. Biff is his younger but equally washed-up son, once a high school sports hero with a bright future, now a perennially unemployed loser. The play follows the family's attempts to make one last grab at the American Dream.
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