death of a salesman
In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman's life seems to be slowly deteriorating. It is clear that Willy's predicament is of his own doing, and that his own foolish pride and ignorance lead to his downfall. Willy's self-destruction involved the uniting of several aspects of his life and his lack of grasping reality in each, consisting of, his relationship with his wife, his relationship and manner in which he brought up his children, Biff and Happy, and lastly his inability to productively earn a living and in doing so, failure to achieve his "American Dream". Willy's relationship with his wife is clearly a cause of his collapse. Willy neglected to demonstrate honesty in his relationship with his wife. The reader is told of Willy's past and how on business trips he would deceivingly find himself a woman to spend the night with. When Willy is no longer able to make a living he borrows money from his friend, Charley, and claims that it's money that he had made. As Willy's condition slowly deteriorates, he sets up tubing, which he plans to hook up in a fashion with intent of suicide. He neglects to tell Linda how he feels. Due to Willy's lack of honesty with Linda, she too isn't honest with him. She is aware t
As Linda became knowledgeable that Willy was planning to kill himself, she didn't confront him and acted as if nothing was wrong. Willy, however, was in his own fantasy world. Willy also failed to make anything of himself, achieve the American Dream, and face reality. At one point in the play, Willy says, "Biff is a lazy bum"(16). Willy's failure and lack of reality were a major factor to his decline. Willy brought up his sons with little focus on school. All of the previously mentioned factors were in complete control of Willy throughout his life, however his foolish pride and stubbornness lead to the wrong choices, which ultimately lead to his downfall. Charley often offers Willy a job, however he is too senseless to ever except the offer. Willy also struggles through confusion and contradicts himself, "I'll go to Hartford, I'm very well liked in Hartford, the trouble is, Linda, people don't seem to take to me"(36). He believes that he is a terrific salesman. Willy believes that to be well liked is the means to being successful. As Miller wrote, "Maybe it's your glasses.
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