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Read the passage below and answer the question. "The playwright Arthur Miller wrote Death of a Salesman in 1949, a time when postwar America was intoxicated by consumer culture and the promise of prosperity. The play's protagonist, Willy Loman, embodies the American Dream — and its catastrophic failure. Miller uses Willy's unraveling as an indictment of a society that measures human worth by material success." Based on the passage, what can the reader infer about Miller's attitude toward the American Dream?

He celebrated it as an achievable ideal for all Americans. He was indifferent to the concept and explored it purely for dramatic effect. He was critical of the American Dream as a destructive social myth. He believed it was attainable only through hard work and perseverance.

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He was critical of the American Dream as a destructive social myth.

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