Death of a Salesman: 3 themes
In Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning story entitled Death of a Salesman, a gentlemen by the name of Willy Loman, a once very successful and prosperous salesman turned exhausted deadbeat of a father, is desperately trying to rekindle his relationship with his children and trying to keep his overbearing job all at the same time. Through this trying story the author tries to convey to you the three themes of, the injustices of corporations on their employees, fantasy vs. reality, and Parent/Children relationships. The injustices of large corporations on their employees is clearly noted in this play. In the beginning of the second act, Willy has decided to visit with his boss Howard to see if he can work in an office in New York instead of being a traveling salesman. Howard is the son of one of Willy's old salesman buddy who he has a detailed past with, yet that doesn't seem to matter at all to Howard. Willy starts in and pretty much bluntly asks Howard if he could work in an office in New York for about sixty-five dollars an hour. Howard, who is caught off guard, slowly but surely tries to discourage Willy from his unreachable goal. Howard eventually gets Willy to ask for just forty do
These are the three themes of Death of a Salesman: The Injustices of Large Corporations on their employees, Fantasy vs. Reality, and Parent/Child relationships that are mainly displayed in this play. Being able to tell that Willy had no good reasons to act the way he did at work, or in the house. Willy would always contribute to conflicts taking place in the house instead of helping the broken family pull together, he swayed all his doings that were involved in his life straight down with him. That's why his family has such deep and unshakable hatred for him , in conclusion it leads Willy to actually run away from his problems as he gets into his car and drives away, which then occures the final scene with everyone standing over his grave. The third and final theme in Death Of A Saleman, aside from the injustices of corporations on their employees and fantasy vs. reality, is Parent/Child relationships. To put it bluntly Willy Loman, was just an overall bad, worthless, and extremely rude parent/husband. He cheated on his wife, told her to shut-up and stop interrupting all the time, when all she was actually doing was encouraging her sons or Willy, who was trying to kill himself, which nobody saw, and leave his family behind. He was even worse with his two sons Happy and Biff. Willy, who filled Biff up with multiple false hopes and even more really nice, but unfeasible ideas that Biff couldn't and wouldn't ever fulfill. Willy told Biff to go into business with Happy his younger brother in Florida, but he never told him what to say or to do, if and when he got the job.
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Approximate Word count = 1243
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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