A Foolish American Dream in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman is responsible for his own downfall. Willy finds his
own hero and tries to become the hero in his own existence. Willy tries to
become a very successful businessman, at the start of his career he thinks
that no one can tell him what to. Willy is not good with people, he is
good with his hands, he is not a good salesman and he chooses the wrong
career. Willy often makes up stories or changes the stories he knows
because he cannot face the truth of his life that he has not accomplished
as much as he has planned. Willy's downfall is his own doing which is
brought about by his unrealistic dreams, his pride, his career choice and
his failure to manage life's problems.
Willy, at a young age, noticed an old salesman who worked at an age
of 80 and made a lot of money. The old salesman took orders from no one, he
made his own orders and everyone did as the old man said. When the old
salesman, Dave Singleman dies, all the buyers came to his funeral. All the
people Dave ever knew came. There were thousands mourning his death. From
that point, Willy Loman found an awesome dream which he followed the rest
of his life. Willy became a salesman. Willy is the most unqualified
salesman ever! He never sold a thing. Willy stops seeing the truth at one
point of his life and he relies on his own lies to numb his pain. The pain
of knowing he cannot and wont be able to become Dave Singleman. He is
Willy Loman, who is good at fixing the house. He is not cut out for
travelling from city to city and selling goods to people he has never met
before. Willy dramatically dies living out his dream, the dream that never
suited Willy Loman.
Willy does not allow people to tell him what to do. He believes
that he cannot be bossed around and that he is too important to fall under
anyone's authority but his own. Willy teaches Biff and Happy not to take
orders from anyone. He thinks this will make Biff, Happy and himself
According to Miller, a tragic hero is someone who dies for personal dignity. Willy does die for his dignity. “Those who act against the scheme of things that degrades them.”(Miller. Tragedy of the Common Man) Willy, in his ideas and action of committing suicide, fits in that category. In act 2, Willy reveals his desires to win back Biff’s respect by committing suicide.
Willy is blind to the reality around him. This blindness, is his tragic flaw like that of Oedipus Rex. Willy is a dreamer who is unable to face the realities of a modern day society. Willy builds his whole life around the philosophy that if a person is well likedand good looking, he will be successful. Willy says to Biff, "I thank Almighty God that you are both are built like Adonises." Later, Willy makes the comment, "Be liked and you will never want." His need to be well liked is so strong that his choices throughout his life, and his blindness to the reality around him, prevents Willy from realizing his dreams and values were flawed.
Willy Loman was, a man known all around New England. At least that’s what he says. Willy is a working man, who is real good with his hand and can talk to anyone he meets. When he was younger no one could stop this man. He had the world in front of him, but as time went on Willy stayed the same. He kept living in the past. Literally living in the past. He saw dead people, talked to himself and would bring up random events in his life that no one else remembers. There are plenty of times Willy goes into his dream world or when someone tries to pull him out of his self-deception he won’t accept their help.
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