Death of a Salesman
In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman is a hard working salesman who always kids himself about being a success, and can never truly believe that he and his son Biff are anything near average. Although Willy's demise was brought about by his hopelessness and the depression caused by this, his false hopes towards the future are what really drove him to commit suicide. The false sense of hope that he gets when he looks towards the future, the undermining of this hope by his constant inner hopelessness for Biff ever making something of himself, and the effect of loneliness all were major contributors to Willy's choice to commit suicide. Although all three of these are important, the dominant factor was that he saw hope where hope was nowhere to be found. Willy kills himself because he feels that in order to support best his family, he needs to take his own life (in order for them to collect the insurance and make a better life for themselves). Willy's hopes and dreams are for him to be successful for all of his life and for his boys to become even more successful. His hopes fell as quickly as they had risen as soon as he realized what has really become of all of them. This turned his hope into utter hopelessness. Th
- Pop! I'm a dime a dozen, and so are you! Bernard - Well, just when he came back-...he came back after that month and took his sneakers - remember those sneakers with "University of Virginia" printed on them? He was so proud of those, wore them everyday. And he took them down in the cellar, and burned them up in the furnace... I often thought of how strange it was that I knew he'd given up his life. What happened in Boston, Willy? This quote shows how Willy is slowly being pushed back into his memories. It also shows how he does not want to remember what really happened to change Biff's outlook on life. He seems to have locked himself out of his memories. His memories are most likely opened to him when Bernard asks Willy about what happened in New England in saying: before something happens? I'll go in the morning. Put him - put him to bed.
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Approximate Word count = 1383
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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