Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman: A Tragedy of a Common Man

亞瑟•米勒的《推銷員之死》：一個平凡小人物的悲劇

盧莉茹(Li-Lu Ru)

《華梵人文學報》 2期 (2004/01) Pp. 197-214

https://doi.org/10.29930/HJH.200401.0007

摘要

本文以亞瑟•米勒之現代劇《推銷員之死》爲探究對象，分析亞瑟•米勒文本中所勾勒的成功夢，探討米勒如何瓦解美國成功今財夢的神話、如何營造一個屬於二十世紀美國平几小人物之現代悲劇。藉此觀察，本文將更進一步檢視美國成功夢與美國現實之間的巨大鴻溝。

關鍵字

亞瑟•米勒 ； 推銷員之死 ； 成功夢 ； 一個平凡小人物之悲劇

並列摘要

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman delineates a tragedy of a common man in the twentieth-century American society. Willy Loman, the protagonist of the play, is a believer of the American dream of success. His fidelity to the great dream of success constitutes the very heart of the play. However, championing these ideals of success, Willy is driven to madness and despair by his inability to achieve success economically in a society that seems to guarantee success. In this paper, what I am attempting to explore is the reasons why Arthur Miller arranges such an ending. How does Arthur Miller present Willy's dream of success and his nightmare of defeat? And what exactly is Arthur Miller's attitude toward Willy and his society? Thus I am inquiring into the immense gap between the American dream of success and the American reality.

並列關鍵字

Arthur Miller ； Death of a Salesman ； the dream of success ； a tragedy of a common man

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