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

Clearly, Willy's destruction is due to his own doing. He failed to establish an honest relationship with his wife. Willy brought his children up based on his crooked beliefs and his imaginative "cookie cutter" world. Willy also failed to make anything of himself, achieve the American Dream, and face reality. 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.

The single most weighted factor that edges Willie to his demise is his inability to make a living and achieve his "American Dream". After being a salesman for many years, Willy just can't cope with the fact that he hasn't been successful at all. He believes that he is a terrific salesman. His imaginative thinking won't let him accept the fact that he has become a failure instead of a wealthy businessman. Willy believes that to be well liked is the means to being successful. 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). This shows how Willy has no self-image, and therefore cannot survive in the business world. His lack of grasping the obvious, is truly a downfall. One critic states, "We do not learn about Loman's dilemmas through Loman's eyes, because we know more about his failures than he does"(Elsom 376). Clearly, Willy is foolish to not be able to decipher that he is a failure in the b

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