Willy Loman In Arther Miller's Death Of The Salesman

In Arther Millers, Death of The Salesman, is a tragic play about a struggling salesman, Willy Loman. This play is also seen as tragedy between dream vs. reality. He believes in the American Dream and strives to achieve wealth and success, but he never does. Willy is a very hard worker and pushes himself to provide his family with the supplies they need. Willy’s character is an average guy who hides his failure as he strives for success, but he faces certain experiences that occur throughout the story that shape his character into something negative. Readers think that Willy is a helpless victim of society, but he is just a victim of the American Dream. The American Dream believes that every citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve

Everyone has had a dream, no matter how big or small it was it was still a dream. This allows the audience to connect with Willy because everyone has experience something that he is going through. Willy’s personality has shaped his life in several ways, especially the lack of a father figure and the absence of parenting is driven to affect Willy in the future. He is faced with many obstacles throughout the story. Towards the end of the story, Willy feels betrayed by everyone and is so worried about being successful and wealthy it forces him to go mad. Willy is responsible for his own downfall.

Willy’s lack of a father figure contributes to his poor parenting styles. Willy and his brother were abandoned at such a young age which leaves him and Ben with so many unanswered questions. This makes people assume that Willy’s character is a desperate person because he is clinging onto the past instead of the present. Eventually, he is left not only by his father, but by his older brother too. Willy has faced tragic events throughout his life and these events effect his parenting styles. Some people think he encourages and supports his children. Without Willy not having a father figured