Premium Content House Versus Home in The Great Gatsby and Death of a Salesman
By Anonymous - October 03, 2008
In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, both authors use their characters’ living space, the house, as a metaphor for the attainability of the American Dream of security, wealth, and happiness. In the American Dream, the house—the living space—demonstrates the social class and degree…
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