Sacrifice In Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman

The ultimate sacrifice is often considered to be many things, whether that be dying for a cause, forfeiting a cause, or allowing others to perish in pursuit of a cause. Willy Loman, Arthur Miller’s main character in The Death of A Salesman, devoted to the ultimate sacrifice when he commits suicide in order to be able to say he and his thirty four year old son, Biff Loman, had achieved financial and professional success, as well as prove that over the years he, as a salesman, formed many important, relevant connections. Willy Loman’s deliberate sacrifice of his life highlights the personal values residing within him; his sacrifice, therefore, delineates his of financial and professional success, fame, and importance. Willy and his son, Biff, did not often find

Willy’s life goals to honour and glorify the Loman name, prove to Biff that he was an important person that everyone identified and revered, as well as to prosper financially so he may triumph in the realm of fiscal affairs. He believed that by leaving the world he would be able to accomplish these dreams and it was his progressing daydreams which led him so, for they repeated to him in the voice belonging to his rich brother, Ben, “One must go in to fetch a diamond out.” (Miller, 134) , he accomplished none save one of his dreams, which he would have accomplished both with and without ceding his life. Willy Loman’s death did not procure the achievements of glorifying the Loman name, nor proving himself to his son. If he had stayed a bit longer, his financial problems would have resolved to a flat line and he may have been able to continue on with his other dreams by helping along his sons to accomplish them, but this was not the case. Willy Loman did not see that future and extinguished himself for his