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Submitted by y0uar3c0ol on March 27, 2006
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Williams & Miller: Twentieth Century ABC’s
The ABC’s of the twentieth century stand for more than just a lifestyle; it is a concept that drives Americans to either their success or downfall. Even though the ABC’s are mentioned in this essay as a concept of the twentieth century, it is clear that this concept still resides in American lives today. The “American life and its relationship to the business world and capitalism” was such a common practice in the twentieth century that both Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller situated their plays around the “lifestyle/ American dream”. Business and capitalism both have their literal meanings, but when related to life, both terms become more meaningful and easier to relate to. In the economical world business and capitalism both mean economic freedom and money; however, both these terms have a common theme of wanting more and having the potential to achieve greater success in life. The trouble is that not everyone comes out as a winner which is emphasized in both The Death of a Salesman and The Glass Menagerie. There is also a skewed perception in both plays that only the male characters can suffer and enjoy the effects of ABC, but for our purpose we will only explore the effects presented through the male characters. Both Williams and Miller were great play writers because of their ability to allow a realistic resemblance between the audience and characters. Now, my theory is that there are three difference types of people in both plays judging by the characters personality. Type A is the successful model that most people wish to achieve. This type is presented through Bernard the geeky but hardworking friend of Biff. Type B is the unsuccessful but hopeful type. Although the type B person might have failed a great amount of times, they have redirected their life and moved on from the ABC dream. Type B is shown through Biff and Tom, which is ironically the same person in both motion pictures of the play....
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