In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, the main character, Willy Loman, is a struggling salesman. Toward the

end of the play, Willy commits suicide by crashing his car.

Willy Loman is a complex character who confuses illusion with reality. In a way, Willy has two personalities in this play.

The one we see in the present action is a tired man in his sixties. The other Willy is the one we see in flashbacks. He is young

In Act Two, Scene Fourteen, Willy's son Biff tells him that he loves him. Willy can tell that Biff is not just saying this out of

pity because Biff is sobbing. In a flashback, Willy speaks to his dead brother Ben. Ben keeps saying "Time, William, Time",

reminding him that suicide is closing in. Ben also tells Willy that he should come to the jungle. In this scene, the jungle represents

opportunities for success. The reason that Ben tells Willy to come to the jungle, is that when in the jungle, Willy can get the

diamonds. The diamonds represent the insurance money that the family will get from Willy's accident. Therefore, Ben is saying

that the only way Willy can get twenty thousand dollars in insurance money is to k

reality. When people talked to him, he only heard what he wanted to hear. He was a very distracted and disturbed man. After

Willy killed himself. Linda was wondering why no one had come to the funeral. This shows that Linda had always trusted Willy

foreshadows Willy's suicide. Linda doesn't want Willy to kill himself, but believes that she cannot interfere with his business.

great man. He wants to prove that Willy did not die in vain. He will justify Willy's dreams by being manager of the store. It

the only thing that mattered to Willy was success and money. When he didn't have either of those things, he did the only thing

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