Loman, in his attempt to achieve the American Dream while living amongst his

wife and children. Throughout the play the reader is introduced to many

characters, some who are dynamic and some who are static. In any good literal

work there is a balance of both of these types of characters, and Death of a

Salesman is no exception that Willy Loman, his wife Linda, and their two

children, Biff and Happy, create these characteristics.

Willy Loman is focused on his primary goal to achieve the American

Dream through hard work. At the beginning of the play Willy had declined to

travel with his brother, he insisted that he would achieve his dream. Four years

later his brother stumbles upon a diamond mine and is instantly rich. Willy runs in

to some tough times, and is constantly asking his friend Charlie for money.

Charlie has offered Willy jobs on several occasions, and Willy constantly refuses.:

CHARLEY. I offered you a job. You can make fifty dollars

a week. And I won't send you on the road.

CHARLEY. Without pay? What kind of a job is a job

his father, living in the world of, "if you work hard you'll achieve the American

and neither are you. You were never anything but a hard-working

I'm a dime a dozen, and so are you! I am not a leader of men, Willy,

dream by dying the death of a salesman.

Willy is still determined to achieve his dream in his own way, as a salesman. He

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)