Tag Archives: Arthur Miller

Trump as Washed-Up Salesman?

By Robin Bates | Published: September 29, 2024

Is Trump beginning to come across as a washed-up salesman like Loman in “Death of a Salesman” or Levene in “Glengarry Glen Ross”?

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The Debate: How Will Trump Fare?

By Robin Bates | Published: June 26, 2024

In tonight’s debate, Trump will not have the adulatory audience to which he has become accustomed. Somewhat like Milton’s Satan when he returns to Hell.

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Would Willy Loman Be a Trump Supporter?

By Robin Bates | Published: April 25, 2024

Donald Trump as Willy Loman? Well, both are dreamers. Only one of them, however, is cruel.

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Lindsey Graham as Willy Loman (or Not)

By Robin Bates | Published: July 4, 2023

Studying Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman” can help us understand Trump politicians.

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GOP Oath Breakers Inhabit Twilight World

By Robin Bates | Published: February 12, 2020

Only Romney honored his Senate oath in Trump’s trial, inviting comparisons with Thomas More & John Proctor. The other senator? Tolkien’s Dead Men of Dunharrow.

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Wild Accusations of Witch Hunts

By Robin Bates | Published: October 26, 2017

Wild accusations of witch hunts by Donald Trump and Woody Allen are not what Arthur Miller had in mind when he wrote “The Crucible.”

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For Hillary, Witch Hunts Never End

By Robin Bates | Published: September 14, 2016

Alexandra Petri of the Washington Post alludes to Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” as she wonders whether Hillary Clinton should be subjected to witch trials to figure out what’s wrong with her.

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i sing of Kaepernick glad and big

By Robin Bates | Published: September 7, 2016

The case of NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick not standing for the national anthem brings to mind E. E. Cummings’s “i sing of Olaf,” where an American conscientious objector refuses to honor the flag and is tortured.

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Deaths in the White Middle Class

By Robin Bates | Published: November 9, 2015

New studies report that middle class whites are dying younger, even though longevity for all other American demographic groups is rising. Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” may help us understand why.

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