willy loman
In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman's life seems to be slowly deteriorating. It is clear that Willy's predicament is of his own doing, and that his own foolish pride and ignorance lead to his downfall. Willy's self-destruction involved the uniting of several aspects of his life and his lack of grasping reality in each, consisting of, his relationship with his wife, his relationship and manner in which he brought up his children, Biff and Happy, and lastly his inability to productively earn a living and in doing so, failure to achieve his "American Dream". 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
reality very well, and instead of pointing out that Biff hasn't established himself yet, Willy tells Biff, "You're well liked, Biff....And I'm telling you, Biff, and babe you want..."(26). The boys are clearly aware of their status and the status of their father, and Happy is found putting Willy's personality in a nutshell, "Well, let's face it: he's [Willy] no hot-shot selling man. Except that sometimes, you have to admit he's a sweet personality"(66). Obviously, Willie's failure to bring up his children effectively, and his delusional thinking including denial of reality helps fortify his depleting condition and confusion. 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. Linda became knowledgeable that Willy was planning to kill himself, she didn't confront him and acted as if nothing was wrong. Clearly, if Willy was more honest with his wife, she would have returned the openness, and perhaps talked out the obstacles Willy was facing. hat Willy is borrowing money from a friend, but doesn't say
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Approximate Word count = 995
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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