Marxism In Arthur Millers Death Of A Salesman - 1465 Words

Throughout Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, Willy Lowman sought to attain the American Dream, but his distorted view of Marxist control ultimately provoked his physical, material, and mental destruction. Lowman, a middle-class salesman, husband, and father of two shared the ideology of many American’s, an ideology that hard work, dedication, and likeability was attainable regardless of social class, or life circumstances. Yet, the multiple distortions Willy associated with this dream combined with regressed emotions eventually led to his demise. It is easy for one to assume that mental illness is simply a disease, but the debate surrounding its correlation to social status and the unattainability of goals has never been so vividly†¦show more content†¦The false consciousness of the American Dream exacerbated his Marxist distortions, leaving Willy non-compos mentis and posing the question; Is Marxism real, and if so, does a socioeconomic class struggle give rise to multiple psychopathys within lower class individuals? The validity of Marxism varies across the classes; based on upbringing, social class and ethnicity opinions vary. Studies have been conducted in an attempt to examine the scheme of Marxism and its correlation to mental disorders and low socioeconomic class rank. The results are interesting, proving both Marxs and Millers critics erroneous. A cross-sectional study conducted through the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia revealed that lower social class rank is inversely related to mental health disorders (Faris Dunham, 1939; Hollingshead Redlich, 1958; OCampo, Salmon Burke, 2009). Another community study also found links between social class and mental illness siting, Examination of each type of psychotic disorder shows a true linkage between class position and the rate of treated cases in the population, but the relationship is indirect: The lower the class, the higher the rate (Hollingshead Redlich, 1757). Depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and Antis ocial Personality Disorder were common psychiatric disorders found to correlate to middle or lower-class individuals such as Willy LowmanShow MoreRelatedEssay about Marxism and the Fall of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman2986 Words   |  12 PagesUnited States endured internal battles in political ideologies between capitalists and Marxists, which is the focus of Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman. According to Helge Normann Nilsen, author of â€Å"From Honors At Dawn to Death of a Salesman: Marxism and the Early Plays of Arthur Miller,† the Great Depression had a profound impact in forming the political identity of Arthur Miller: â€Å"The Great Depression created in him a lasting and traumatic impression of the devastating power of economicRead MoreDeath Of Salesman By F. Scott Fitzgerald1515 Words   |  7 Pagesbeing looking only at the past or present—instead of looking forward to the future. John Fitzgerald Kennedy once said, â€Å"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.† In the play Death of Salesman by Arthur Miller, the protagonist Willy Loman is depicted as a man who has failed in life; he spent most of his life reminiscing the past. This affected his life greatly, especially his relationship with his son, Biff Loman. Nevertheless, in the novelRead MoreThe Changing Relationship Between Individual and Society in Modern Drama3272 Words   |  14 Pagesnonentity without rights outside the role of motherhood or marriage; In the 1930s and 40s, German-born writer Bertolt Brecht, produced a series of plays following ideologies common of Nihilist and later Marxist values; Following the second world war, Arthur Miller wrote to American audiences that individuals and their society are equally damning forces on one another. By following Ibsen, Brecht and Miller, three authors from three different countries, backgrounds and time frames, it is possible to witness