20.500.12556/RUL-180421 "We never told the truth for ten minutes in this house" competition in Death of a salesman "V tej hiši niti deset minut nismo govorili resnice" tekmovalnost v drami Smrt trgovskega potnika Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman does not broadly critique the American Dream, but rather targets the competitive ethos, the “law of the jungle”, as a defining American tradition. This reading reinterprets perceived contradictions in the play, positioning competition as its central theme. Charley, often viewed as a kind neighbour, subtly embodies this ethos, locked in a lifelong rivalry with Willy over masculinity, business, and fatherhood. Willy, living in a post-colonial society, does not abandon the colonial spirit represented by his father and brother, but adapts it to a modern and metropolitan environment. Personality, or popularity, is but a disguise of pragmatism in his salesmanship, of which his liaison with the Woman is only a minor expression. Well-informed of social Darwinism, Willy raises Biff and Happy to be fearless competitors. While Biff experiences an epiphany and disentangles himself from the law of the jungle, Happy carries it forward. Through Happy, Miller reveals a gloomy future of America beset with corruption and alienation. Arthur Miller v drami Smrt trgovskega potnika ne kritizira ameriškega sna na splošno, temveč se osredotoča na tekmovalni etos, na »zakon džungle«, kot na značilno ameriško tradicijo. Ta interpretacija ponuja novo razlago navideznega protislovja v drami in tekmovalnost postavlja v središče zgodbe. Charley, ki se ga pogosto obravnava kot prijaznega soseda, subtilno uteleša ta etos, saj je z Willyjem v življenjskem rivalstvu glede moškosti, posla in očetovstva. Willy, ki živi v postkolonialni družbi, ne opusti kolonialnega duha, ki ga predstavljata njegov oče in brat, ampak ga prilagodi sodobnemu mestnemu okolju. Njegova osebnost oziroma njegova priljubljenost je le prikrivanje pragmatizma v njegovem prodajnem talentu, in njegova zveza z Žensko je le delni izraz njegove osebnosti. Willy, ki je dobro seznanjen s socialnim darvinizmom, vzgaja Biffa in Happyja, da postaneta neustrašna tekmovalca. Medtem ko Biff doživi razsvetljenje in se osvobodi zakona džungle, ga Happy nadaljuje. Prek Happyja Miller razkriva mračno prihodnost Amerike, ki jo pestijo korupcija in odtujenost. competition the law of the jungle American Dream tekmovalnost zakon džungle ameriški sen true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-03-09 11:24:13 2026-03-09 11:24:19 2026-03-10 04:28:30 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 97-112 no. 2 Vol. 22 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-01-01 821.111(73).09-2Miller A. 1581-8918 10.4312/elope.22.2.97-112 270933251 RAZ_Li_Shanghong_2025.pdf RAZ_Li_Shanghong_2025.pdf 1 E37D39D45EDC989C41DD8208B9024807 0cb05c827e46942723691b476c510ca7d1842c115107bd65ea4c7ac0edcf46e7 eb0745fe-1ba1-11f1-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=229788 https://journals.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/22296 1 b7a14bd3-1ba1-11f1-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=229786 Filozofska fakulteta ELOPE 0 0 0