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An inanimate object can be significant in a literary work. What purpose does the tape recorder serve? What other objects are significant in the play and what purposes do they serve? In Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" inanimate objects are very importan ....

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.... kids so generously display for their father. The fact that Willy doesn't know how to work the machine shows that Willy far behind on the technological that is surrounding him. Above all the tape recorder represents the failed American dream. As his name says he will always be a "Loman" The rubber tubing shows the darker side of Willy Loman. He wanted to die, the rubber tubing is a painful reminder to Willy's family and the reader that suicide was the only way for Willy to get away from his troubles. This is one of the first realizations brought to the attention to the reader that Willy was suicidal. The stockings that Willy's wife repairs so ....