Death of a Salesman: An Ameri
Death of a Salesman: An American Tragedy A Greek tragedy is a story, which involves a character with a tragic flaw that leads to his or her downfall. In the American tragedy Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman displays many traits, which lead to his downfall. Willy Loman displays a great deal of stubbornness and a warped sense of success as well as a lack of parenting skills. Throughout the play, Willy reveals many bizarre and uncommon characteristics that in the end contribute to his suicide. Willy's stubbornness and pride plays a major role throughout the play in major scenes. The pride and stubbornness, which Willy possesses, hinders him throughout the play. One of the most prominent scenes in which Willy's pride gets to him is when Charley offers him a job. Willy's response to Charley's first push to get Willy to take the job is, "I - I just can't work for you, Charley."(97) After Willy turns down the first offer, Charley again tries to get Willy to take the job and Willy responds by saying, "I can't work for you, that's all, don't ask me why."(98) Even though Willy lost his job and cannot afford anything, he still refuses a job offer from Charley. Willy has too much pride to accept anything from anyo
Willy thinks that Dave Singleman is the definition of success. Another incident occurs when Willy is talking to Biff regarding Bernard. While Willy's warped sense of success plays a major role throughout the play, his poor skills as a parent and role model are the most prominent of his traits. Willy also demonstrates excessive stubbornness and pride while talking to Bernard. Many scenes throughout the play demonstrate Willy's inability to act as a role model to his children. He does not realize that someone liking him will not put food on his table and money in his wallet. Biff until this point had always looked up to Willy and thought of his father as almost invincible. It is only at the end that his motives change slightly. When Willy sees her mending stockings, he tells her to throw them out with the idea that he will just buy new ones. In addition to Willy's excessive stubbornness and pride, he also displays a warped sense of success. Biff now believes that if he steals something his father will not get angry but will approve of the action. Dave Singleman was a man who, at eighty-four, could make his living by calling clients from his room. Willy also has a warped sense of success regarding Dave Singleman. Willy will not admit that Biff is not really working on any thing at all and even though he is trying to get a business set up he will most likely never amount to anything big. Willy demonstrates his poor parenting and role model skills in a variety of scenes.
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