two sides to his life; On one side he creates an image of being

successful, well liked, and bold. On the other side he feels old,

unsuccessful, defeated and disliked. He maintains the successful image

to comfort his wife and friends. This veil of success becomes thinner

and thinner until he lingers between fantasy and reality of the cruel

world, often changing back and forth in the course of a conversation.

The core of Willie^s slow painful demise into nothingness is based upon

his beliefs. Willie thinks that success is not what you know, but who

he knows and how well he is liked. These beliefs he instills in his

sons, who find themselves adrift and meaningless just like their

father. In addition Willie sees the world changing, and his own

inability to change with it, will seal his fate. He misses the open

land and the smell of flowers in the summer, the pollution and high

because of their similarity to most people who find themselves washed

making it big and has visions of Uncle Ben who gives him advice on how

opening of the play. He knows he is not cut out for the business world.

show no concern for his decline. Willie loves his wife, but often

flaunt like the best of them, and as witness to the hard truth of his

long as it! makes life easier for him. Although his sons will not be

it^s his calling in life. Happy who is fairly stable and comfortable in

favorite son is Biff; however Biff is also a continual source of

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Approximate Word count = 679
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)