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The struggle for financial stability and one’s rightful place in society is a key theme throughout Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman�. According to Diyanni, Marxism is defined as follows, “how the middle-class/bourgeois values lead to the control and suppression of the working classes� (1571). “Death of a Salesman� illustrates a Marxist perspective, that happiness and success in life is measured by one’s success in the working world, by Biff’s choice of lifestyle, Ben’s achievement in the jungle and Willy’s inevitable thrive for economical success.
A Marxist perspective is applied to Biff’s character (Willy’s son) to the fullest in this society’s time period. Biff is a ‘hands on’ type of guy that would much rather work outside on a farm to create a living, this disobeys the expected social norm because he does not want to work for someone else. It is evident to the reader that Willy cannot understand why his son would rather be outside......

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