Dreams in The Glass Menagerie and Death of a Salesman
             In The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller both plays use the element of dream life and fantasy in their plays. It uses the dreams and fantasies of their characters are used for many different reasons. Both of these plays rely a great deal on the dreams of the characters to understand the characters and the plot.
             In the Death of a Salesman Miller uses dreams to show what happened in the past. The main character is Willy who has worked hard his whole life to provide for his family. He is a salesman who is on the road a lot of the time and is by himself during his travels. As any human Willy thinks and dreams of many things to occupy himself on his trips. Well as Willy gets older he becomes lost in his thoughts quite often. He is older now and his two boys have grown up. He was a proud father and often dreams about the good times they had together.
             Willy: I been wondering why you polish the car so careful. Ha! Don't leave the hubcaps, boys. Get the chamois to the hubcaps. Happy, use newspaper on the windows, it's the easiest thing. Show him how to do it, Biff! You see, Happy? Pad it up, use it like a pad, That's it, that's it, good work. You're doin' all right, Hap. Biff, first thing we gotta do when we get time is clip that big branch over the house. Afraid it's gonna fall in a storm and hit the roof. Tell you what. We get a rope and sling her around, and then we climb up there with a couple of saws and take her down. Soon as you finish the car, boys, I wanna see ya. I got a surprise for you, boys. (Miller, 1887)
             This dream shows how Willy acted towards his boys. He did his best to teach them what he could. The play takes place many years after this dream. Willy's boys are grown up and both are considered to be unsuccessful. This crushes Willy's heart because he was always so proud of t...