Comparison of Death of a Salesman and the American DreamIn Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and The American Dream by Edward Albee, Willy Lowman and Mommy possess the trait of superficiality. Their priorities are to look good and be liked, which contributes to their misguided paths to success. This attribute is one of the many societal critiques highlighted by the two authors. Arthur Miller criticizes society for perceiving success as being well-liked and looking good. It illustrates the perception of society through Willy, who thinks that the keys to success are to be popular and attractive. Willy passes this philosophy on to his sons by ignoring their education and personal growth and setting the example that popularity is most important. Edward Albee criticizes the company for the same thing. It highlights the wrong priorities in life, such as emphasizing beauty and the desire to be liked at the expense of deeper ethics and morals. Through Mama's incident with the hat, which showed that she wanted to be loved, and her problems with her own son's physical and mental defects, which showed that she cared too much about beauty, Albee shows how how misguided society is in its methods of achieving success. Miller's Willy repeatedly shows that his idea of ​​success goes no deeper than the superficial by teaching his sons the wrong path to a successful life. When Biff was in high school, Willy had already started teaching his son the false values ​​he believed in. When Willy discovered that Biff had stolen a soccer ball and was caught by his coach, who did not get angry, Willy responded by using the incident as an example of the importance of his philosophy. "It's because he likes you. If someone else took this there would be an uproar." (...... middle of paper ......ve path in the form of Bernard, who unlike Biff and Happy, does well in school, is not well liked by others and is a man relatively unattractive However, his goals are more within his reach because he is willing to work hard and cares less about the opinions of others Albee, Edward Toronto: Plume, 1997 Baym, Franklin, Gottesman, Holland. , et al., ed. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. New York: Norton, 1994. Costello, Donald P. “Arthur Miller's Circles of Accountability.” beyond". -453.Hayashi, Tetsumaro Review of Arthur Miller Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1969.Martin, Robert A., ed. Arthur Miller, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1982.Miller, Arthur Death of a seller New York: Vikings.., 1965.