the attached file is a essay already written. I need a writer to either add a extra page or add 250-300 words to any part of any paragraphs.Prompt: analyze a theme connecting the two plays, Death of a Salesman and Sweat.Body paragraphs should be organized around claims that explore how the elements of characterization (how the playwright has developed the emotional, behavioral, and psychological nature of the character through action and dialogue) and plot (conflicts within and between characters that drives the action of the play) work to express this theme.
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Introduction - Play Death of Salesman by Arthur Miller is one of the most well-known play in the history receiving many awards like Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. This play represents perception of American Dream and Disillusionment such that it consumes the happiness of the family. Sweat on the other hand is also a well-acclaimed American play written by Zora Neale Hurston. Both the plays are extremely powerful as the characters evolves and shapes themselves as per the circumstance outside, which inspires the audience and questions their traditional thinking. Theme shared by both the plays - The theme that connects both the play is that people have to come to terms with realities of lives. Both the play has one key element that is in focus – women who blindly trusts her husband, treats him with respect but in return only gets mental stress and neglect. Well, indeed the play also centers on the power of dreams and how is it related to happiness as well as can be a source of tension. However, another striking theme that comes out in both the play is how women are treated and perceived to be submissive in relationship with her husband. In fact, women are conditioned in a way from their childhood that makes them believe husbands are the boss of their lives and they need to trust them without understanding husband deserve it or not. Quote from Play Death of Salesman:- Linda: Willy, darling, you're the handsomest man in the world— Willy: Oh, no, Linda. Linda: To me you are. The handsomest. Both Linda Lowman in play Death of Salesman and Delia in Sweat had endured domestic abuse, yet continues to accept the pain since they considered their husband as everything in life. In former case, it was more emotional where Willy Lowman had cheated on her, neglected her and never considered as equal. While in later case, Delia had to undergo both physical and emotional abuse as Skylar used to beat her and mentally torture her. Body Essentially, I feel both the play teaches us something, which is very significant in life and often overlooked by many that is Feminism. As both these plays are written after the wartime, conditions of the economy and job opportunities also had played an impact on survival. However, these plays speaks about empowerment of women and survival. Not always, everything we do will turn into success like represented by the characters who play husband in both the plays. Willy Lowman in the play Death of the Salesman wasn’t successful in his professional career and gave exotic gifts to his mistress. Similar stereotypical husband was portrayed by Sykes in Sweat, although being unemployed and being out of work yet he paid for his mistress's rent. Argument 1– In both the plays, women have witnessed and endured domestic abuse. Quote from Sweat – “Sykes, what you throw dat whip on me like dat? You know it would skeer me—looks just like a snake, an’ you knows how skeered Ah is of snakes... You aint got no business doing it. Gawd knows it’s a sin. Some day Ah’m gointuh drop dead from some of yo’ foolishness.” Quote from Death of Salesman – “I’m tired to the death. The flute has faded away. He sits on the bed beside her, a little numb. I couldn’t make it. I just couldn’t make it, Linda.” Both Linda Lowman and Delia represents loving wife yet suffer pain and trauma inflicted by their husband. They know that grandiose dreams of their husband are a delusion yet they were not allowed to give their opinion or rather their thoughts were not valued. Therefore, there is tremendous amount of humiliation faced by women in the family from her husband. Both plays argues the fact that women are strongest support to family and to their husband yet they are mistreated and abused. Argument 2– Second argument that can be chalked out from the plays is empowerment and survival. Both the play exhibits emotional and physical labor endured by wife to keep her family happy. One can comprehend from these play is that wife supported their husband in all walks of life. Sykes abuses Delia physically by beating her, economically by taking her hard-earn income and emotionally by dominating her. Quote from Death of Salesman “Most often jovial, she has developed an iron repression of her exceptions to Willy’s behavior–she more than loves him, she admires him, as though his mercurial nature, his temper, his massive dreams and little cruelties, served her only as sharp reminders of the turbulent longings within him, longings which she shares but lacks the temperament to utter and follow to their end.” Linda is one of those character in the play who is mature, responsible, realistic, and levelheaded however yet support her husband knowing the fact that his dreams are delusional. She contains her emotional turmoil within herself for her husband and children. Never demanded for any gift or materialist pleasure from Willy and motivated her sons to support their father in copping from the realities of life. Quote from Sweat “Looka heah, Sykes, you done gone too fur. Ah been married to you fur fifteen years, and Ah been takin’ in washin fur fifteen years. Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat!” Delia has grown a habit of forbearance and hard work without expecting anything in return. In Sweat, we see Delia is depressed and frustrated in her oppressive marriage. She eventually freed herself not directly however by the virtue of ironic twist of fate. Argument 3 – Both the play Death of the Salesman and Sweat talks about Feminism. Both the play highlights limited opportunities given to women and denied chances to grow in life. Both the plays reflects, identity of the women are no more than their husband however, they are been abused by men in life. The story depicts Delia as being as solid and as free as a woman can be in her condition. She works with every single day. A lot of Delia's sexuality and feelings are ruled by her better half Sykes however, as he mishandles his capacity of being the predominant sex over Delia. He is a womanizer and injurious. Delia feels as if she cannot keep him however separate from dread for her security and out of blame. Along these lines, her better half has a great part of the power over Delia, male over female, contrasted with ace over slave. Conclusion As the play progresses towards the end, character of Delia transforms into much more independent and courageous. She leaves her husband Sykes after enduring several years of physical and emotional abuse. Quotes from the play is an evidence for it- “Ah hates you tuh de same degree dat Ah useter love yuh.” The story depicts Delia as being as solid and as free as a woman can be in her condition. She works with every single day. A lot of Delia's sexuality and feelings are ruled by her better half Sykes however, as he mishandles his capacity of being the predominant sexually over Delia. He is a womanizer and injurious. Delia feels as if she cannot keep him however separate from dread for her security and out of blame. Along these lines, her better half has a great part of the power over Delia, male over female, contrasted with ace over slave. Linda understands that Willy has been mulling over suicide. She realizes that his brain is very nearly being lost. She likewise realizes that Willy has been concealing an elastic hose, the perfect length for suicide by means of carbon monoxide harming. Linda never goes up against Willy about his self-destructive propensities or his hallucinating discussions with apparitions of the past. Rather, she assumes the job of the quintessential homemaker of the 40s and 50s. She shows tolerance, faithfulness, and an endlessly compliant nature. What's more, for these properties, Linda turns into a widow toward the finish of the play. At Willy's graveside, she clarifies that she cannot cry. The long, slow lamentable occasions throughout her life have depleted her of tears. Her better half is dead, her two children despite everything hold feelings of spite, and the keep-going installment on their home has been made. Both the women portrayed loving and accepting wife, who have been through a lot in their marriage. They endured domestic violence in terms of physical and emotional yet tries to be supportive to their husband. Domestic violence runs deep in both the plays not exactly it yet have different intensity. Secondly, women knew about their extra-material affair yet chose to ignore it. Faced a life of neglect from their better half and endured the pain of being cheated on. As the play unfolds, both Delia and Linda comes to the same standpoint in life such that they are in situation where they leave their husband due to ironic twist of fate. This provided them a platform to explore their inner strength and empower themselves. Instead of always playing a secondary role in life, they decided to play primary pillar in their life. References Zora Neale Hurston. "Sweat". Oxford Book of American Short Stories. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1992 Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005. “Death of a Salesman”. New York :Penguin Books, 1996. 5