Death of a salesman

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In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman's life seems to be slowly breaking down. It is clear that Willy's problems or 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

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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. Clearly, Willy is foolish to not be able to tell that he is a failure in the business world. Since Willy can't earn a reasonable living to support his household, he relies on !

borrowing money from his neighbor, Charley. When Willie's boss, Howard, relieves Willy of his position, he is completely distraught and in disarray. Charley often offers Willy a job, however he is too senseless to ever except the offer. In fact, in reply to Charley's offer, Willy responds that he already has a job, purely out of stubbornness and foolish pride. Willy's American Dream w

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Approximate Word count = 974
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English