How Does Arthur Miller Show Pride In Death Of A Salesman

Arthur Miller was a New York City playwright who graduated from University of Michigan. Some of Miller’s best pieces were All My Sons, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, and After the Fall. Miller also wrote the screenplay for his wife Marilyn Monroe. In the play Death of a Salesman, the plot undergoes a shift of events. There are a vast amount of flashbacks, which ultimately complies with the Loman’s current situation. Willy, the father of his two sons, Biff and Happy, happens to be caught in a state where he has no sense of direction. The entire family does not seem to have a clear understanding as to what is going on in Willy’s mind. Miller uses characters, language, and text to show the theme of pride in Death of a Salesman. Miller uses the characters to show the theme of pride. The only character who does not show any sense of pride is Linda, Willy’s wife. Linda is kept to herself for the most part, but constantly trying to fulfill Willy’s needs. Willy shows pride when Charley offers him a job and he refuses it. Willy tells Charley, “I got a job, I told you that. (After a slight pause.) What the hell are you offering me a job for?” (Miller 1252) Due to his immense amount of pride, Willy becomes insulted at the fact

Willy is always thinking about himself and how great he is or will be. Although Willy has not become anything he has said he will, he still admires himself as if some day he will. Miller describes the scene to the readers, “Light rises on the kitchen. Willy, talking, shuts the refrigerator door and comes downstage to the kitchen table. He pours milk into a glass. He is totally immersed in himself, smiling faintly.” (Miller 1244). Willy is so prideful in himself that he just sits there as he pours his glass of milk, adoring himself and how he has raised his sons. This can be rather contradicting, because Willy will say Biff is a lazy man and seconds later will tell how he is a hard