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In fact his tragic isolation is largely caused by his active escapism away from the reality of his failure to achieve his ideals.  \nLinda views Willy with great sympathy, so much so that it could be argued that she has little understanding of the extent of his flaws. She does however show moments of clarity towards Willy, and Miller aligns her understanding of Willy with that of the reader in places. When Miller has Linda use metaphors such as\"he just a little boat searching for a harbour\" this may be read as her over sympathising with Willy and therefore failing to understand him through Miller creating a patronising tone. But there is truth behind what she says. Miller allows the reader to gain a deep understanding of Willy's hopes and dreams through his memories and literal dreams. Through this, he presents Willy as aman searching for his identity. He says to Ben \"I just feel kind of temporary about myself\" when referring to his lack of a father figure. He is also seen to be constantly asking Ben for affirmation and confirmation that he is making the right decisions \"that’s right isn't it?\" \"What’s the secret?\" So Miller aligns Linda's perception of Willy to ours.  \nThrough Linda's monologues and time away from Willy, Miller allows us to see amore perceptive side to Linda. \"He's not the easiest man to live with, I know that better than anyone\" she shows an awareness of his flaws, but discounts them for his rights as a human being: \"He's a human being and a terrible thing is  \nhappening to him, so attention must be paid\". Through these moments away from Willy, we see that Linda puts up a cheery façade in front of Willy, but she\"has developed an iron repression\" to his \"little cruelties\". Through this Miller presents Linda as having great understanding of Willy.  \nMiller also provides other more significant causes for Willy's isolation. Through his aphorisms and the symbolic character and embodiment of Willy's ideals, Ben, we see that Willy's ideals are flawed. As Charley aptly points out \"All that matters in this world is how much you sell\" \"when are you going to understand that those things (naming Howard) don’t matter\".  \nMiller also shows us that because of his flawed ideals, and perceptions of what is needed to succeed, that is, being \"well liked\" Willy has failed in this society, in which success is having enough money to own a tape recorder and employ amaid. He shows us this failure through the recognition from Biff, \"Can't you see what you have become?\" \"He has the wrong dreams\".  \nWe also see how this failure causes Willy to be isolated from this society. In the restaurant scene, Willy \"falls on his knees\", and we see others perception of him\"is that your father?\" \"No that’s just some guy.\"  \nWilly even conceives himself at times \"I've not got another story to tell Biff. So don’t give me a lecture about facts. I am not interested. Now what have you got to say to me\". That he uses stories and lies to escape from the world, he is not interested in the truth.  \nIn the end, Willy withdraws so much that he runs out of dreams to escape to, and has to bill himself as the only escape.  \nExaminer commentary  \nThis student creates a relevant and largely coherent argument and there is some particularly thorough discussion ","cbCaitXk0YnRSfF6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitXk0YnRSfF6","pdf",97964,"English","# Sample question\n## Explore the view about Willy’s tragic isolation\n# Sample response\n## Linda’s understanding and Miller’s methods\n## Other significant causes: ideals, success, social failure\n## Willy’s final withdrawal\n# Examiner commentary\n## Argument coherence, AO coverage, and quotation effectiveness","[{\"question\":\"What main argument does the exemplar response make about Willy’s tragic isolation?\",\"answer\":\"Willy’s tragic isolation is not largely caused by Linda’s failure to understand him; it is mainly driven by Willy’s active escapism away from reality and failure to achieve his ideals.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the response connect Linda’s character to Miller’s dramatic methods?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that Miller aligns Linda’s perception with the reader at moments, using her metaphors, monologues, and time away from Willy, while also presenting her awareness of flaws through moments of clarity.\"},{\"question\":\"What additional causes of Willy’s isolation does the exemplar consider beyond Linda?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights flawed ideals embodied by Willy and Ben, Willy’s belief about success being “well liked” and money, and societal perceptions reflected in key scenes involving Charley, Biff, and others.\"}]","Aspects of tragedy - Exemplar student response - Sample question and response for AS Paper 1A, Section B | PDF",1792467908]