Death Of A Salesman Research Paper

“This audio drama proves so enjoyable that a second listening will definitely be necessary.” (www.publishersweekly.com) In “Death of a Salesman”, written by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman is the main character who suffers from being obsessed with the desire to succeed and self-delusion. Willy’s wife Linda is very dependent on her husband and is the enabler for his selfish doings. Linda herself is very unselfish and centers her world around Willy and their two boys, Biff and Happy. The family does not communicate well and argues with each other day in and day out, which causes them to be a dysfunctional family. Just like the Loman’s, throughout a person’s life they experience all kinds of different deaths. Some of the types of death that people

Dreams are what people hold on to for hope in their life. There are many types of dreams out there, ones that you have when you are asleep, or the ones you have for you to accomplish in the future. Just like Willy in “Death of a Salesman” people’s dreams come to a sad end. “The American Dream,” the only thing Willy Loman ever wanted for him and his family. The “American Dream” is “the belief that through the pioneer virtues of hard work, perseverance, ingenuity, and fortitude, one might find happiness through wealth” (“Death of a Salesman”). “One critic, perhaps facetiously, has called Death of a Salesman a "tragedy for extroverts." This differentiates Willy Loman from a dramatic tradition of introspective figures who, like Shakespeare's Hamlet or Milton's Samson, confront their situations in a profound social and metaphysical solitude.” (Family Dreams in Death of a Salesman) Although he wanted the best for his boys, he taught them that being popular and well-liked would better them in the future instead of hard work and determination. “Biff: I crossed my eyes and talked with a lithp. WIilly: (Laughing.) You did? The kids like it Biff: They nearly died laughing!” (87) Willy actually praised his son for making a mockery out of an educator just to get laughs and be “popular.” As Willy and his sons get older the “American Dream” starts to fade away slowly at a time. Willy’s house that he bought in Brooklyn before it was urbanized was perfect to him. Full of life, bright

His explanation of Willy and his son’s relationship, and how that their relationship basically just died was very on point. As well as when he described how Willy was so upset with himself for not being the perfect father he wanted to be to his sons and how it sent him into a depression that he could not get himself out of. Last but not least the actual death of the salesman. Arthur Miller creates a dramatic last scene for the play with Willy and Biff arguing and Willy going over the edge and committing suicide. Overall the play and the story were both very dramatic stories which portrayed the image of different deaths very