Death Of A Salesman Ambition

Death of a salesman
The world is a very dynamic place, so as human life which is subject to endless changes. However, not every person readily embraces the changes that occur in their lives. “Death of a salesman” is a tragedy play written by Arthur to address certain aspects in life such as loss of self-identity. The book also addresses the inability of men to accept the changes occurring in their lives and the changes taking place in the society. The author of the book uses usual human experiences like memories, dreams and arguments to build his story which revolves around the life of Willy. In most cases, people with ambition become successful in life because they are motivated by what they want to achieve. It is because of ambition that

He rather choses to focus on him as a salesman. This way, he is able to import the situations in Willy’s life. Being a dreamer, every audience and reader of the play is able to easily connect with him; this is because every human being has aspirations and goals in life. Willy’s life is greatly impacted by failure to achieve his American dream. At one time, he was a successful businessman which made his family to view him as a role model. However, he finds it difficult to be successful in the present so he decides to relive in the past memories. His condition of not being able to distinguish reality from fantancy gets worse as the play progresses, making people around him to alienate themselves from him. His sons especially Biff realizes that his father is living in a dream land and imaginations which makes their already failing relationship to

He remains with no option but to commit suicide. He completely withdraws himself from the present and decides to live in the old memories which seem to have order. Almost every human being has experienced frustrations and failures in life. This explains why when reading the last scene of the play, it is easier to sympathize with Willy and understand his decision to commit suicide. After both Biff and Happy return home leaving their dad behind, Linda gets angry and an argument breaks out. It is during this argument that Willy realizes that Biff loves him despite being a “failure”. It dawns on him that the only way to make his sons successful is by killing himself so that Biff can use the insurance money to start his business. He goes on with his plan and commits suicide and to the shock of his family, no one came to the funeral: they all lived in the lie that Willy was liked by