Death of a Salesman
In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman is a hard working salesman who always kids himself about being a success, and can never truly believe that he and his son Biff are anything near average. Although Willy's demise was brought about by his hopelessness and the depression caused by this, his false hopes towards the future are what really drove him to commit suicide. The false sense of hope that he gets when he looks towards the future, the undermining of this hope by his constant inner hopelessness for Biff ever making something of himself, and the effect of loneliness all were major contributors to Willy's choice to commit suicide. Although all three of these are important, the dominant factor was that he saw hope where hope was nowhere to be found. Willy kills himself because he feels that in order to support best his family, he needs to take his own life (in order for them to collect the insurance and make a better life for themselves). Willy's hopes and dreams are for him to be successful for all of his life and for his boys to become even more successful. His hopes fell as quickly as they had risen as soon as he realized what has really become of all of them. This turned his hope into utter hopelessness. Th
In this false sense of safety everyone takes their attention off of Willy, which allows him to bury himself deeper into his false hopes. What happened in Boston, Willy?Willy - . It also shows how he does not want to remember what really happened to change Biff's outlook on life. As we near the end of the play, all seems to have been resolved and things seem to be calming down around the Loman residence. It's all settled now" (Miller 106 ). This eye is what gives Willy hope for his family's future. As Willy's eyes are being opened, he starts to realize what pushed Biff to becoming the opposite of what he had intended for him. What do you mean, 'What happened?' What's that got to do with anything?. His family, thus obtaining the life insurance money, would then be able to make something of themselves and have a wonderful future. In this passage Willy's eyes are finally opened to who and what he and his sons really are and what they are worth in the business world. That boy - that boy is going to be magnificent!" (Miller 106). he came back after that month and took his sneakers - remember those sneakers with "University of Virginia" printed on them? He was so proud of those, wore them everyday.
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