Death of a Salesman

In the nineteen forties a man named Arthur Miller, who was a successful writer, wrote the masterpiece called Death of a Salesman. This tragedy has been based on an average man, named Willy Loman and his family. Like any other man, Willy Loman spends his whole life striving to be successful and raising two successful sons, whose names are Biff and Happy Loman. Willy has been caught up in living the "American Dream" at the time, but has been mistaken, of getting too caught up with the dream he slowly destroys himself. His wife, Linda Loman portrays a woman of hope, despite her husband being too caught up with potential success. She likes to support his ideas and hope that one day there could be a way Willy will achieve and succeed. In past society, the idea of the "American dream" was based on determination and motivation leading to a successful lifestyle, which was the key to happiness for everyone. In this play, Willy Loman struggles between his family, work and economic values. Willy focuses on living a perfect life in his fantasy world that slowly destroys his inner self. Willy used to be a positive man, and cannot accept the change of getting older and not living the American Dream. He then puts his focus on his sons, more towards Biff Loman in pursuing a career, which distracts him from his salesman job and which consequences of failing as a failure. Willy's focus on the dream affects his family relationships with his wife and sons which results in betrayal. A man can only dream so much before he mistakes his own life as a failure. Willy Loman's belief in "American dream", begins to affect his relationships with Linda, Biff and Charley, his self-worth ends up being determined by material success and destroys his own reality. Willy Loman is living a life where reality does not exist