Comparing Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Fences by August Wil

Comparing remainder of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Fences by August WilsonDeath of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Fences by August Wilson have similar themes of conflicts surrounded by fathers and sons, conflicts between husbands and wives, and the need to focus on a small building block of space in order to achieve success. In the process of underdeveloped these themes throughout the two plays, three similar symbolic elements are utilise including the insecure father figure, the other woman, and the garden. The fathers in the two plays are comparable to(predicate) be gravel they both(prenominal) have conflicts with their sons as a result of living in the past, and they die in the end. Willy, in Death of a Salesman, is never esteem for his occupational status, so he places truly high expectations on his son, hit. Willy lives in the memory of past events to such a large extent that he cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, and he passes this trait onto Biff. Biff says, How the hell did I ever get the idea I was a salesman there? I even believed myself that Id been a salesman for him...Weve been talking in a dream for fifteen years. I was a shipping clerk (1760). Willys high demands of Biff cause Biff to experience the same difficulties of living in the present and the want to live in a fantasy world. This conflict is all dogged in Biffs mind when he releases himself from his fathers dominance and establishes his own identity. At his fathers funeral, Biff has compassion for his father and remembers that there were a lot of nice geezerhood his father did have good intentions but had the wrong dreams (1778). He realizes the futility of assimilatek to live up to his fathers unrealistic expectations, and Cory has the same realization in Fences. ... ...oy learns very late(a) in life when he tries to build a fencing around all that he holds valuable. He begins to build the fence only after confessing the truth to Rose by then i t is too late to protect his valuables because he has already lost his most precious one, his human relationship with his wife. The similar symbols of the father figure, the other woman, and the garden, in Death of a Salesman and Fences, are used to develop the similar themes of father-son conflicts, marital conflicts, and the need to leave ones course of success on the world. The main difference is that while Willy plants seeds by himself to see them grow, Troys garden is planted by Raynell, his seed. By bringing Raynell into the world, Troy plants a seed that will grow to live out his dreams the tragedy is that both Willy and Troy die before having a chance to see their seeds grow.